For young women of colour and gender diverse people of colour, online harassment has become so commonplace it sometimes feels like the air that we breathe. It is never your job to navigate hostile online spaces alone. Scroll down to…
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.
Our response to 2022/23 Victorian state budget: A welcome boost to equity and wellbeing for migrant and refugee women
Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) is delighted that migrant and refugee women will receive a funding boost of $1.57m over two years from today’s Victorian 2022/23 budget, for much needed women’s health programs specifically targeting migrant and refugee women across the state.
Budget Bid 2022/23: Equity and wellbeing for migrant women
MCWH is calling for meaningful investment in migrant and refugee women’s health and wellbeing in the next Victorian Budget.
Extreme impacts of COVID on migrant, refugee women
Adele Murdolo wrote on the ‘Extreme impacts of Covid on migrant, refugee women’ for Broad Agenda
Representation matters
Early next month the Federal Government’s virtual, live streamed Women’s Safety Summit will take place to address one of the most pressing issues in the country: violence against women and children. While we’re pleased to see that the Summit will…
Free training opportunity for migrant women in the City of Whittlesea
Sign up for a free leadership program for migrant and refugee women in the City of Whittlesea!
Investing in migrant women’s mental health
Recently, the Victorian government announced that it would invest a record $3.8 billion dollars to help reform Victoria’s ‘broken’ mental health system. This was good news for many who have long been advocating for more support. Among its many findings, the…
Transforming the mental health system for migrant women
What is required to transform the mental health system to better support migrant women?
Policy Brief: Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Mental Health
This policy brief outlines the key issues pertaining to migrant and refugee women’s mental health and wellbeing, as well as considerations for mental health policy, programs and service delivery. The