WRAP #86: Migrant essential workers, the cost of reproductive healthcare and 60 seconds with Eman Al-Dasuqi Welcome to our fourth edition of the year! Into our seventh week of isolation, we’ve been busy working together-apart. This month, we began running…
WRAP: International Women’s Day 2020 edition
Happy International Women’s Day (IWD)! This year’s theme #GenerationEquality brings together women’s rights activists for gender equality. We’re thrilled to be part of this campaign and have been hosting #IWDMCWH events across Victoria with women in the community. Our week-long…
Advancing the Evidence on Reproductive Choice
Advancing the Evidence on reproductive choice It is 1961. You are 23 years old, fresh-faced and having finally arrived, relieved. You step off a passenger ship and Melbourne’s port greets you with a chilly June day. There is activity all…
The WRAP #58: Promoting positive media, collective leadership and 60 seconds with Lisha Constantino-Murphy
Last month we wrote about the possibility of a poll on same-sex marriage and this month, as we all know, it’s a reality. If you’d like to read or share our take on same-sex marriage click here. If you’re looking…
60 seconds with Lisha Constantino-Murphy
Story creator and aspiring documentary maker What are you enjoying doing at the moment? At the moment I am enjoying the fact that I can celebrate some of my team’s achievements, particularly in community-based health promotion (at Djerriwarrh Health Services).…
The WRAP #57: Marriage equality, reframing research and 60 seconds with Solmaz Yavari
This WRAP arrives in your inbox on a sad note with the passing of Victorian Minister for Women, Fiona Richardson last week. We have lost a fearless advocate for women across Victoria and everywhere. We’d like to share our deepest…
60 seconds with Solmaz Yavari: Queen fan, case manager and aspiring rodeo rider
What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I do enjoy advocating for people rights and I feel fortunate that I am in the position of being able to do so. If you had a magic wand, what would you…
60 seconds with Sasha Sarago
Editor and co-founder of Ascension magazine and proud Aboriginal woman What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Right now I am enjoying my research of Indigenous feminism and Australia’s colonial frameworks for a documentary I am producing. If you…
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…
60 seconds with Shegofa Hazara
Multilinguist and education advocate If you had a magic wand, what would you use it for? If I had a magic wand, I would use it to eliminate poverty, corruption and discrimination so no one is forced to leave their…