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MCWH Professional Training Seminar Series 2012
Each year MCWH presents a series of seminars about immigrant and refugee women's health and wellbeing.
In 2012 our seminar series will focus on:
- Getting to Know Your Rights: Human Rights Education for Immigrant and Refugee Womens
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Other Issues for Older Immigrant and Refugee Women
- Mental Health and Wellbeing for Newly-Arrived Immigrant and Refugee Women
MCWH also presents individual seminars which is another way in which we provide professional training opportunities to those
interested in immigrant and refugee women's health.
Seminar 1: Getting to Know Your Rights: Human Rights Education for Immigrant and Refugee Women
| Date: |
Thursday 23 February 2012 |
| Time: |
9.00am – 2.00pm |
Guest
Speakers: |
Farida Sultana QSM
Founder of Shakti
New Zealand's First Ethnic Women's Refuge
Megan Wong
Health Promotion and Research Project Officer
Multicultural Centre for Women's Health
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What will
participants
learn: |
The first seminar of 2012 will focus on sharing experiences for developing human rights education programs tailored to immigrant and refugee women.
It will explore effective strategies for human rights education including the use of story sharing as a method for enabling women to make sense of
human rights issues and problems in relation to their day-to-day lives.
The challenges of MCWH's Sharing Our Stories (SOS) Project will be covered; stories by immigrant and refugee women will be featured.
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| RSVP: |
RSVP by Wednesday 15 February 2012 |
| Registration & more info: |
 Register online
 Download info flyer & register by Fax/Post
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Seminar 2: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Other Issues for Older Immigrant and Refugee Women
| Date: |
Thursday 23 August 2012 |
| Time: |
9.00am – 2.00pm |
Guest
Speakers: |
To be advised
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What will
participants
learn: |
The second seminar of the 2012 series will discuss the issues of older immigrant and refugee women in Australia.
It will explore both the assumptions and the realities of health and wellbeing for older immigrant and refugee women.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn innovative and effective ways of engaging older women in the context of everyday life activities.
How to combat the barriers women face in relation to health and wellbeing will also be discussed. Resources and networks available
to older immigrant and refugee women and the service providers who support them will be included.
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Seminar 3: Mental Health and Wellbeing for Newly-Arrived Immigrant and Refugee Women
| Date: |
Thursday 29 November 2012 |
| Time: |
9.00am – 2.00pm |
Guest
Speakers: |
To be advised
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What will
participants
learn: |
The final seminar for 2012 will discuss the impact of migration and resettlement in Australia on immigrant and refugee women's mental health and wellbeing.
The mental health issues immigrant and refugee women face in their new environment and how they deal with them will be featured during the seminar.
The stigma attached to these issues in some communities and how this exacerbates mental health will be explored.
Accessing linguistically and culturally appropriate services and available resources and networks will also be covered.
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