community workshops program

Multicultural Centre for Women's Health recognises that not all women work in an established workplace. Many women work from home as outworkers or as mothers and carers. Through the Community Workshops Program (CWP), Multicultural Centre for Women's Health offers a range of health information sessions to women in the community.

When and where are Workshops held?
Community Workshops usually take place in community locations convenient to the women making the request. They may be held in Community Health Centres, Neighbourhood Houses, Migrant Resource Centres, or here at Multicultural Centre for Women's Health.

Who conducts these Workshops?
Trained bilingual Community Health Educators conduct these workshops following the Multicultural Centre for Women's Health woman-to-woman approach, which encourages women to share health information within a group. Usually, a Health Educator will run an introductory session with the group in order to ascertain the needs of the women. Following this session, a series of workshops will be planned. Our Health Educators use visual aids, provide multilingual written information, and make referrals and suggestions, to assist women to access their local health services.

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What modules are covered?
We can be very flexible in planning your workshops. You can choose from the following modules, or you can ask us to design a series of workshops, according to the needs of your women's group: general women's health, women's health and reproduction, sexuality and sexual health, abortion and contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, occupational health and safety for women working at home, women's health and hygiene, use of drugs and alcohol, mental health issues for women workers, HIV/AIDS, pregnancy, menopause, menstruation, and stress.

In which languages are the Workshops conducted?
Community Workshops are conducted in the preferred languages of the women participating. We offer workshops in a range of languages including: Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Harari, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Oromo, Serbian, Spanish, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tigre, Tigrigna, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

The languages that we offer change in accordance with the needs of the women in the community. If your language is not listed here, we may be able to cater for your needs.

Who can book a Community Workshop?
Multicultural Centre for Women's Health responds to requests for Community Workshops from women's groups, community workers, and individual women. For bookings, or to discuss the Community Workshops Program further, you can contact us by telephone, fax or email.

contact:
Education and Training Programs Manager
Multicultural Centre for Women's Health
Suite 207, Level 2,
Carringbush Building,
134 Cambridge St,
Collingwood Victoria 3066
tel 03 9418 0999   fax 03 9417 7877
email programs@mcwh.com.au

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