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WRAP #86: Migrant essential workers, the cost of reproductive healthcare and 60 seconds with Eman Al-Dasuqi

WRAP #86: Migrant essential workers, the cost of reproductive healthcare and 60 seconds with Eman Al-Dasuqi Welcome to our fourth edition of the year! Into our seventh week of isolation, we’ve been busy working together-apart. This month, we began running…

Our community’s life support

Our community’s life support There is good news: compared with other parts of the world, Australia is doing an excellent job of flattening the coronavirus curve. Latest surveys also suggest that while feelings of anxiety, stress and boredom have spiked,…

Counting the reproductive health costs of COVID-19

Source: Unsplash Counting the reproductive health costs of COVID-19 Remember the days before COVID-19? Back when we could move freely and access whatever healthcare we needed? Anyone following the situation for migrant women in Australia would know that even pre-COVID-19,…

60 Seconds with Eman Al-Dasuqi

Eman Al-Dasuqi is a former PACE Women’s Leadership participant. She is now a Peer Educator for the Financial Literacy Training Program at Women’s Health In the North 60 Seconds with Eman Al-Dasuqi What is the best part of your day?…

The WRAP #85: Time for universal healthcare, Social solidarity in a time of physical distance and 60 seconds with Alejandra Pineda

What a difference a month makes. For all of us, the world we live in, the way we spend each day, the conversations we are having and how we are having them, have all changed rapidly and will continue to…

It’s time for true universal healthcare

Remember to take precautions against COVID-19 with this catchy Vietnamese song In a health crisis, disadvantage and discrimination don’t disappear. In fact, there is ample evidence to suggest that social, economic and health inequities intensify and deepen. For migrant women,…

Physical distance, social solidarity

MCWH staff members staying connected while working from home In the past few weeks, we have seen sweeping changes and widespread expressions of fear across Australia and the globe. Panic buying, the closure of restaurants and places of worship, racist…

60 Seconds with Alejandra Pineda, PVAW Project Officer

Alejandra Pineda is a Prevention of Violence Against Women Project Officer at MCWH What is the best part of your day? I enjoy the ritual of drinking my very first cup of coffee at home, while reading the news and…

WRAP: International Women’s Day 2020 edition

Happy International Women’s Day (IWD)! This year’s theme #GenerationEquality brings together women’s rights activists for gender equality. We’re thrilled to be part of this campaign and have been hosting #IWDMCWH events across Victoria with women in the community. Our week-long…

Advancing the Evidence on Reproductive Choice

Advancing the Evidence on reproductive choice It is 1961. You are 23 years old, fresh-faced and having finally arrived, relieved. You step off a passenger ship and Melbourne’s port greets you with a chilly June day. There is activity all…

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