Anne Johnston - Multicultural Centre For Women's Health

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Valuing migrant women’s health

In the area of health, equitable funding for women’s health services, which keeps up with population growth, is long overdue. Over time, funding for the women’s health program in Victoria has eroded from $4 per woman to $2 per Victorian woman today. When it comes to the million migrant women living in Victoria, the amount MCWH receives in funding is a very inadequate 68c per woman.

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Consent is more complex than milkshakes

By now, most of us have heard about or seen the Department of Education’s controversial milkshake consent video. Here are our thoughts on consent.

60 seconds with Fay Xu

We loved talking with Fay Xu, our new Training Support Officer for the WomHen Project at MCWH.

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Making the Links Podcast: Episode 3

In this episode, Vahideh and Anu Krishnan address some assumptions that mainstream family violence services can overcome to build stronger links with migrant women.

Making the Links Podcast: Episode 2

In Episode 2, Vahideh speaks with Rodney Vlais on the importance of looking at patriarchal structures in violence against women.

Making the Links Podcast: Episode 1

In this first Making the Links Podcast Episode, Vahideh Eisaei speaks with Zia Ebrahim from Sunraysia Community Health Service about the importance of involving community and faith leaders in preventing violence.

‘Work on that gap’: Indigenous, culturally diverse women struggle for family violence support

Five years after the Royal Commission into Family Violence, MCWH Executive Director Adele Murdolo offered her reflections on its impact for migrant women.

Community Conversations: Talking about finding work in Australia

In 2020, HealthWest approached Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) along with Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY), to work together on the Community Conversations project, to better understand and address economic inclusion, in the context of race-based discrimination and social…

Intersectionality resources to strengthen gender equality in the workplace

Some must read tips for how intersectionality helps us to understand and strengthen gender equality in the workplace!

Annual Report 2019-2020

We are proud to present our Annual Report for 2019-2020.

Author: Anne Johnston (page 19)