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WHAV looks forward to a Victoria free from family violence
MEDIA RELEASE 3/05/2017 WHAV looks forward to a Victoria free from family violence Victoria’s peak body for women’s health, safety and wellbeing congratulates the Victorian government on standing strong on their commitment to all 227 recommendations of the Royal Commission…
World Congress on Public Health- Field Visit to MCWH (7th April 2017)
On the 3-7th April, the 15th World Congress on Public Health was held in Melbourne. During this time, The Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) hosted a field visit where we were fortunate enough to welcome and meet like-minded, passionate…
The WRAP#53- The complexity of culture, what's normal anyway?, and 60 Seconds with Resika KC.
As the days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting colder, we thought it was a good time of year to start bringing people together. We are thrilled to announce the inaugural networking night (the first of many we…
The complexity of culture
Migrants and refugees are all so different from each other that it can be quite difficult sometimes to find a common experience among us. However, one thing that we often say and hear from the women we work with is…
What's normal anyway?
Amid all the recent talk about what it means to be Australian, you might have heard that the typical Australian is now a woman, according to the 2016 census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australia’s “new normal” is…
60 seconds with Resika KC
Mental health worker and global citizen What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I am enjoying working in community mental health and being able to support people in their recovery. One of the good things about my work is…
The WRAP#52- Five things we learnt about preventing FGM/C, The path towards excellent sexual and reproductive health & 60 Seconds with Shegofa Hazara
MCWH held our third NETFA Forum, Foundations for Change, on the 24th March and we are still buzzing with the conversations, ideas and strategies that were presented and discussed when we talk about how to end the practice of female genital…
Five things we learnt about preventing FGM/C
The third NETFA Forum, Foundations for Change in Melbourne gathered together a group of amazing women to discuss women’s rights, health and prevention of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). For those of you who couldn’t make it, we’ve put together a list of five key messages that we…
The path towards excellent sexual and reproductive health
It’s sometimes said that the best laid plans can often go wrong but more optimistically, a plan is often a map that marks out where we have come from and where it is we need to go. How we travel along the…