Performance maker, intercultural producer and advocate for diversity in the arts What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Collaborating with an illustrator to adapt my previous performance work, Chinese Whispers, into a digital graphic novel. What is the best…
Leadership: a collective effort
Once again, new data confirms that women from immigrant backgrounds are disadvantaged when it comes to progressing to leadership positions in the workplace. This latest finding echoes the Australian Human Rights Commission’s study from the same time last year that highlighted…
Media Release: Multicultural women’s health organisation and aged care provider partnering for the primary prevention of family violence
We are proud to be launching our new project in partnership with Southern Cross Care (Vic)! Equality@Work is the first workplace prevention program in Australia to address gender inequality and other intersecting forms of inequality which make immigrant and refugee…
60 Seconds with Doseda Hetherington
Doseda Hetherington, Women’s health worker and gender equality advocate What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I’ve recently been inspired by a documentary on living minimally – it really resonated with me and I’ve since been slowing getting rid…
The costs of motherhood
May is a special time of year for many mothers, when children and partners take the time to acknowledge how much we owe to the mums in our lives. Of course someone has taken the time to figure out how…
The complexity of culture
Migrants and refugees are all so different from each other that it can be quite difficult sometimes to find a common experience among us. However, one thing that we often say and hear from the women we work with is…
60 seconds with Resika KC
Mental health worker and global citizen What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I am enjoying working in community mental health and being able to support people in their recovery. One of the good things about my work is…
Five things we learnt about preventing FGM/C
The third NETFA Forum, Foundations for Change in Melbourne gathered together a group of amazing women to discuss women’s rights, health and prevention of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). For those of you who couldn’t make it, we’ve put together a list of five key messages that we…
Comparing complexities
It’s not difficult to see why female genital cosmetic surgery (FGCS) is often drawn into comparisons with female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). The World Health Organisation defines FGM/C as all procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs…
The WRAP #45- Early bird, leadership and recognition and 60 Seconds with Carmel Guerra
As the days get longer, brighter and warmer we look forward to saying goodbye to winter and welcoming spring. Spring is all about rejuvenation, renewal and new life and for any new life to blossom, there needs to be the…