Excerpt from Pro Bono Australia Accessed on 08/07/2020 Article by Maggie Coggan “MCWH, supported by a coalition of 19 other women’s health and advocacy organisations, is now calling on the Victorian government to recognise the pivotal role migrant women play…
Call issued to urgently prioritise the voices of migrant women
Excerpt from Women’s Agenda Accessed on 09/07/2020 Article by Jessie Tu “The MCWH believes trained peer health educators are required to engage communities with “tailored, accurate and multilingual information and support.” “This type of support has never been more important,”…
Migrant women underrepresented in COVID-19 response
While the Victorian government under Daniel Andrews is in close contact with multicultural leaders to contain and lower the new cases of COVID-19, migrant and refugee women are not on the table in the decision-making response, leaving a gap of resources and information for them.
Family violence videos in Arabic, Burmese, Cantonese, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Mandarin, Pashto, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese
Victoria Police has developed videos about family violence. Watch the videos by clicking the links below: English Arabic Burmese Cantonese Dari Farsi Greek Hindi Italian Japanese Khmer Korean Macedonian Malay Mandarin Pashto Polish Punjabi Russian Serbian Sinhalese Somali Spanish Tamil…
Healthy meal ideas fact sheet in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Karen, Macedonian, Nepalese, Punjabi, Samoan, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Tongan, Turkish and Vietnamese
Diabetes Australia has developed fact sheets about healthy meal ideas in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Karen, Macedonian, Nepalese, Punjabi, Samoan, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Tongan, Turkish and Vietnamese. You can read more about healthy meal ideas by using…
HIV/ AIDS and COVID-19 fact sheets in Chinese and Vietnamese
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland has developed fact sheets about HIV/ AIDS and COVID-19 in Chinese and Vietnamese. You can read more about HIV/ AIDS and COVID-19 by using the links below: HIV/ AIDS and COVID-19-fact sheet-English.pdf HIV/ AIDS and…
Antenatal care fact sheet in Arabic and Simplified Chinese
Sydney Local Health District has developed fact sheets about antenatal care in Arabic and Simplified Chinese. You can read more about antenatal care by using the links below: Antenatal care-fact sheet-English.pdf Antenatal care-fact sheet-Arabic.pdf Antenatal care-fact sheet-Simplified Chinese.pdf
It’s time to listen to migrant women
A message from the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health Executive Director MCWH is extremely concerned about the health and wellbeing of migrant communities, particularly migrant women in the 11 ‘hot zone’ suburbs under Stage 3 restrictions, and public housing towers…
The WRAP #88: Black Lives Matter, Changing the trajectory on the digital divide and 60 seconds with Fortunata Maria Callipari
Dear WRAPpers, What a big month it has been. This June, we saw the Black Lives Matter protests burst across the world, calling for the end of systemic racism against black and Indigenous people. In Victoria, community transmissions have surged,…
Bla(c)k Lives Matter
As migrants to Australia, we eat, live, work and play on what always was and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. We acknowledge that we live on stolen land, and that Australia was a multicultural society long…