Bringing together multicultural, ethno-specific and faith-based organisations working in early intervention and prevention of violence against migrant and refugee women to build their capacity and engage in collective, reflective practice.
MCWH launches their first national multilingual health education program
We are excited to announce the launch of our first national COVID-19 health education program, Health in My Language.
Antenatal care in Australia: what is it and why it’s important?
Executive Director of the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, Dr Adele Murdolo, spoke to SBS about the importance of timely antenatal care, and why socioeconomic disadvantage can cause migrant women to access antenatal care at a much later point than other non-migrant women.
A guide to understanding your cervical screening test results in twelve languages
Australian Government and the National Cervical Cervical Screening Program has developed fact sheets about cervical screening test results in twelve languages. You can read more about understanding your cervical screening test results by using the links below: Your cervical screening…
Heavy menstrual bleeding in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Dari, Hindi and Vietnamese
Jean Hailes for Women’s Health has developed fact sheets in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Dari, Hindi and Vietnamese. You can read more about heavy menstrual bleeding by using the links below: Heavy menstrual bleeding (English) fact sheet.pdf Heavy menstrual bleeding (Arabic)…
Vaginal health fact sheets in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi and Vietnamese
Jean Hailes for Women’s Health has developed fact sheets about vulval and vaginal health in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi and Vietnamese. You can read more about vulva and vaginal health by using the links below: Vulval and vaginal health (English)…
Contraception choice fact sheets in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Hindi, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese
The Women’s Hospital has developed fact sheets about contraception choices in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Hindi, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese. You can read more about contraception choices by using the links below: Contraception choices (English) fact sheet.pdf Contraception choices (Arabic) fact…
Improving mental health among migrant and refugee women
We are excited to announce the launch of our new advocacy and research project, Building Bridges, which aims to strengthen mental health services for migrant and refugee women through direct participation of the community in the mental health reform process.
Understanding risks of stillbirth and what you can do to reduce it
Our health educator Gagan Kaur Cheema spoke to SBS Punjabi about the Maternal Health Education for Migrant and Refugee Women project which aims to increase awareness on the issue of stillbirth among migrant women.
Women’s health service launches program to give multilingual health education access to migrants and refugees
During the first stages of the pandemic, people who died of COVID-19 and were born overseas had an age-standardised death rate that was 2.5 times higher than people who were born in Australia. What’s causing this disparity in Covid-19 deaths? New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reveals that for migrant and refugee communities, limited access to in-language and culturally tailored health information is a big contributor.