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Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health: an Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Organisation Created by Immigrant and Refugee Women.

MCWH’s vision is better health and wellbeing for immigrant and refugee women. We understand the issues immigrant and refugee women face when taking control of their health and wellbeing because we are immigrant and refugee women. We believe women sharing health information and experiences is the best way to wellbeing—it’s what we call the woman-to-woman approach and is the basis of our health promotion activities.

This interconnectedness also recognises the peer experience, knowledge, skills and talents it takes to make MCWH Australia’s leading immigrant and refugee women’s health organisation. Our commitment to immigrant and refugee women is guided by our Board, supported by our staff team, and our bilingual Health Educators provide immigrant and refugee women both group and individual access to our unique model of health promotion and education.

MCWH Board
The MCWH Board brings to the organisation considerable talent, skill, experience and expertise, all harnessed to further our commitment to immigrant and refugee women’s health and wellbeing. The Board's Strategic Plan provides MCWH with a blue print to move both the organisation and its vision forward and will soon be available on our website.

Chairperson Repa Patel Read Bio
Deputy Chairperson Anna Moo Read Bio
Treasurer Nicole Spratt  
Board Member Sandra Lordanic Read Bio
Board Member Juana Katzer  
Board Member Joyce Kok-Won Chia  

MCWH Team
We have a wonderful team of women with experience in a myriad of areas including organisational development, project management, professional training, information creation and provision, and health promotion and education—all of which come together to support both immigrant and refugee women’s health and MCWH.

Executive Director Dr Adele Murdolo Read Bio
Health Education Manager Amira Rahmanovic Read Bio
FARREP Worker Medina Idriess Read Bio
Operations Manager Judy Schrever  
Multilingual Resources Coordinator Carmela Pitt Read Bio
Administration and Finance Officer Ozana Bozic Read Bio
Senior Research and Policy Advocate Dr Regina Quiazon Read Bio
Health Promotion Project Officer Megan Wong Read Bio
National Training Officer Maria Hach Read Bio
Programs Administration Assistant Rachel Nowotnik  
Research and Executive Assistant Jasmin Chen  

MCWH Health Educators
Our bilingual Health Educators (BHEs) are trained to provide immigrant and refugee women with high quality multilingual health education and information in a multicultural context. Below is a list of our current Educators. This list may change, so please don't hesitate to contact us if your language isn't listed.

Language Educators Bio
Arabic Wafa Ibrahim Read Bio
Arabic Medina Idriess Read Bio
Arabic Victoria Lolika (Sudanese Arabic)  
Burmese Hay Lah Htoo  
Cantonese Rebecca He Li Read Bio  
Croatian Marianna Jerbic Read Bio
Dari Mahdokht Mahboobi Read Bio  
Dinka Ayor Gumwell Malual  
Dinka Nyangune Thurbil Yat  
Farsi Mahdokht Mahboobi Read Bio  
Greek Cally Ituarte Read Bio
Hindi Sonali Deshpande  
Italian Violetta Marcianó Read Bio
Karen Hay Lah Htoo  
Khmer Somma Barker  
Lotuka Victoria Lolika  
Macedonian Irina Zdravevska  
Madi Victoria Lolika  
Mandarin Dongmel Zhang  
Mandarin Yuki Murdolo  
Nuer Nyangune Thurbil Yat  
Somali Khadija Hashi  
Spanish Soledad Diaz  
Spanish Elizabeth Mazeyko Read Bio
Tigre Medina Idriess Read Bio
Tigrigna Medina Idriess Read Bio
Turkish Sevgi Bulut  
Vietnamese Chau Bao Tran Read Bio
Vietnamese Hien Tran Read Bio
Vietnamese Hanh Thi Pam  

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Women of MCWH past and present. Photo taken at our 30th Anniversary Party. Click on photo for larger image.
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