Last night members of MCWH were privileged to attend the Second Heart Foundation Awards Dinner in Melbourne, to celebrate the outstanding acheivements of one of our bilingual health educators. Elizabeth Mazeyko is one of only three recipients of the prestigious…
The WRAP #25: Abortion Stigma, Men and 60 seconds with Sarah Soysa
Last week we went to the launch of the VicHealth 2013 National Community Attitudes Survey, which you no doubt found as profoundly disturbing as we did. And of course it made us think about attitudes. Attitudes to violence, to women,…
Abortion stigma: shame on you
Safe and legal access to abortion, like clean drinking water and poverty, is often thought about in ‘third world’ terms. Australia is, after all, the ‘lucky country’, with a not-perfect, but nevertheless top class public health system, right? As we…
Engaging men in violence prevention: gender equity in practice
As many of us know, the way to eliminate violence against women is to achieve gender equality. We also know that in order to end violence against women, all of us—women and men—need to work together. What is often less…
60 seconds with Sarah Soysa
Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights Youth Advocate and international student What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I’m enjoying reading, my master’s experience and spending time with students from different backgrounds and cultures. Loving…
The WRAP #24: Blue skies, sharing our strengths and 60 seconds with Uma Rani
Hello there WRAP readers, It feels like it has been ages since we last touched base … August has been a mixed month of consolidation and conferences, colds and flu. But blue skies are finally in sight! We’re starting to feel the love and leg-stretching…
Nothing but blue skies
Feminists are amazingly diverse. There is such a wide range of approaches to the question of what causes women’s oppression, and what to do about it. But if there is anything that binds feminists across time, space and ideology,…
Sharing our Strengths: Where to from here for FGM/C prevention?
Last WRAP we lamented that your average, news-loving Australian is unlikely to learn about the complex issues related to ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) because, too often, that kind of complexity is pushed out in favour of some good-old heart-pumping,…
60 seconds with Uma Rani
Bilingual health educator, mother and future case manager What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Being at home and taking care of my daughter and husband. I am also enjoying my new role as a bilingual health educator and…
Media Release: Sharing Our Strengths National Symposium on Best Practice Approaches to the Prevention of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
There is no single approach to eliminate female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), but there are many approaches that do work best to end the practice. This is the message at the core of the ‘Sharing Our Strengths’ symposium being held today.…