About us

We make women’s health work for migrants and refugees in Australia

Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation led by, for and with women from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

We increase migrant and refugee women’s opportunities for health and wellbeing in Australia through education, advocacy and leadership.

Great program I attended. I'm looking forward to the future opportunities of collaboration so that we can link many Nepalese migrant women to the various available services and raise awareness on health issues.

Manju Khadka, National Women Coordinator Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Australia

Our Story

Multicultural Centre for Women's Health began it's life in 1978 in inner city Melbourne, Australia. A small team of bilingual women were trained to discuss family planning options with migrant women working in the clothing factories.

To celebrate our 40th Anniversary in 1978, we made a short video about our history. We are grateful to the many hundreds of migrant and refugee women and feminist allies whose activism, direction and work shaped MCWH today.

A cream coloured tile with the words Annual Report 2020-21 next to an illustration of a group of women standing together. The group looks colourful and bright.

Our FY2020-21 Annual Report

MCWH is a vital connection for migrant women.

View the 2020-21 Annual Report in PDF format

Read the 2020-21 Annual Report as a Word doc

Read more about our impact on the Our Impact page.

Our Bilingual Health Educators

The way we share health information with women comes from over 40 years of personal and professional experience. Listen to our health educators talking about the difference we make for women's health.

Our Approach

Intersectional

An intersectional and feminist approach means seeing the many ways women's lives, health and decisions are impacted by overlapping social and institutional forces.

An illustration of a pregnant mother and daughter

Women led

Since 1978, we have worked for the recognition of migrant and refugee women as leaders, experts, agents for change, decision makers and active participants in their health and well-being.

Evidence-based

Building a clearly communicated evidence-base and dispelling assumptions around migrant women's health is central to increasing all women's opportunities for better health and access to better services.

Collaborative

Together we are stronger. Building relationships with partner organisations adds value to existing work and opens more doors to health for migrant women.