Untitled (Sergey Sus/flickr) Whether it’s the end-of-year work parties, the start-of-summer BBQs or family get-togethers, for many of us December is a time of intense socialising. That’s why December is also a particularly dangerous month for becoming ‘the party spoiler’.…
60 seconds with Hale Yildiz
Politics enthusiast, blogger and Latin dancer What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I am really enjoying having more time to dance! Having had an extremely busy schedule this last year, I had completely forgotten what I was missing…
MCWH goes to Mt Eliza
Last Saturday, MCWH had the opportunity to take part in a community education program for immigrant and refugee women run by AMES (the largest provider of humanitarian settlement, education, training and employment services for refugees and newly arrived migrants). As…
The WRAP #27: Where to from here?, Where is the data? and 60 seconds with Kristine Olaris
Hi there WRAP readers! As you are probably well aware, we’re visiting your inboxes in the midst of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Our friends at Women’s Health East have produced this fabulous video in case you…
Next steps to prevent violence against all women
It is such a positive thing that violence against women is now more acknowledged, recognised and understood than it has been in the past. At all levels of our community we hear statements confirming that violence against women is wrong…
Show us the data
At a recent forum a public health researcher was asked whether her large population study had included any groups from non-English speaking backgrounds. The researcher responded that there was ‘no single population group big enough in Australia that would be…
60 seconds with Kristine Olaris
Environmentalist, politics addict and CEO of Women’s Health East What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Lots of walking! I am doing a 6 day walk in Tasmania in February (Cradle Mountain) and need to get fit. I love walking…
The WRAP #26: Rainbows, risky business and 60 seconds with Daine Lauren
Beyond the opportunities for sugar provided by Halloween this weekend, beyond All Saint’s Day, All Soul’s Day and Ashura, which all fall in the next few days, this is a special time of year for many lucky Melbournians and…
Risky business
For want of a better metaphor (or is it a simile?), health promotion is a bit like being a bookmaker, in terms of helping people weigh up the odds. Sometimes the decisions we make in relation to our own health…
Somewhere over the rainbow
The LGBTIQ rainbow symbolically covers all diversity within its arches. It is an open, bright and positively welcoming flag that many of us, who stand somewhere within its colours, are proud to fly. But what of women and trans people…