Hello Wrappers! As May flew right by, most of us would have had the privilege to spend Mothers Day with the special women in our lives. At MCWH, all of us have mothers or are ourselves mothers who are from…
Keeping the personal political
Personal stories are powerful. As well as bringing issues alive, storytelling can create empathy and understanding. It’s no wonder the media seek out personal accounts, not only do they help capture public attention, they also provide evidence of a problem.…
The more things change
Much has changed since the immediate post war period when Australia first opened its doors to a mass migration program. However, there is much that remains the same. The policy imperative to ‘populate or perish’ established a still-relevant practice of…
60 seconds with Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Mechanical engineer, social advocate, and writer What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Working on the script for a motorsport podcast and catching up on a lot of cycling with friends. What is the best thing that happened to…
The WRAP #41 – Mainstream Multiculturalism, Human Rights and 60 Seconds with Shabnam Daliri
Greetings WRAPpers! April has brought us the highly anticipated findings from the Royal Commission into Family Violence. As an organisation that works to promote women’s health, safety and well-being, we couldn’t be prouder that research we’ve undertaken has contributed to…
Family violence in Victoria: a mainstreamed multicultural response
This month family violence prevention came a long way here in Victoria. Not only were the 2000+ pages of the Royal Commission into Family Violence findings handed down, the government took immediate action by allocating half a billion dollars to…
International students’ rights: it’s time for change
It’s a little known fact but an important one: there are more people arriving into Australia as temporary migrants than there are recently arrived permanent migrants. As of December 2015 there were over 1 million people living in Australia on…
60 seconds with Shabnam Daliri
Community worker, international student and equality advocate What is the best thing that happened to you today? I talked to my big sister on Viber. She is my only sister, I do love her and she means everything to me.…
MCWH is recruiting for Board members
The Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) is inviting applications from suitably skilled and qualified women who are interested in joining the Board of Management. We would welcome applications from women with specific expertise in the areas of: Strategic business…
Submission to the Victorian Gender Equality Strategy (2016)
MCWH is proud to share our submission to the Victorian Gender Equality Strategy, which was endorsed by eleven regional and state-wide women’s organisations including: Women’s Health In the North; Women’s Health in the Southeast; Women’s Health East; Women’s Health West;…