Jasmin - Multicultural Centre For Women's Health

Mothers reveal how language barriers impact prenatal care, as experts call for interpreters to be permanent hospital staff

National Program Manager Dr Regina Torres-Quiazon spoke with the ABC about the language barriers migrant women face when accessing prenatal care. She shared the critical need for interpreters to become permanent hospital staff to create stability in the profession and to ensure trust and continuity with patients.

Job Opportunity: Senior Prevention of Violence Project Officer Role

MCWH is recruiting for a Senior Prevention of Violence Project Officer to implement a 12 months project funded by Family Safety Victoria (FSV). The Senior PVAW Project Officer will implement the Better Access to Family Violence Services for Migrant Women…

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MCWH Responds to the Federal Budget 2022/23

Our response to the Federal Budget 2022/23

Media Release: Women’s Health Services call for the next Victorian Government to maintain momentum for Gender Equity

The Victorian Women’s Health Services, which includes Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, have released their 2022 Victorian Election Platform.

Lockdowns may be over but loneliness lingers

MCWH’s bilingual health educator, Felicia Belagia, spoke with SBS News about the importance of providing accessible and culturally appropriate in-language health information during COVID-19, especially for those experiencing heightened isolation as a result of the pandemic.

Breaking the Barriers Report

The Breaking the Barriers Report is an outcome of the Workforce of Multilingual Health Educators (WOMHEn) Project, which was co-led by Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health and Gender Equity Victoria, working in partnership with ten other Women’s Health Services across…

Volunteer and internship policy

As a general rule, MCWH does not provide opportunities to volunteer with our organisation. We believe it is important to recognise and, whenever possible, remunerate migrant and refugee women for their work. Read more about our volunteer policy.

Life-saving multilingual COVID-19 health education program launches

For migrant and refugee communities, access to in-language and culturally tailored health information can be a matter of life or death. The Advocate covers how our Health in My Language project is working to address this.

MCWH launches their first national multilingual health education program

We are excited to announce the launch of our first national COVID-19 health education program, Health in My Language.

Antenatal care in Australia: what is it and why it’s important?

Executive Director of the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, Dr Adele Murdolo, spoke to SBS about the importance of timely antenatal care, and why socioeconomic disadvantage can cause migrant women to access antenatal care at a much later point than other non-migrant women.

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