Mi Nguyen - Multicultural Centre For Women's Health

The government’s talking to migrant community leaders, but where are the women?

Excerpt from Pro Bono Australia Accessed on 08/07/2020 Article by Maggie Coggan “MCWH, supported by a coalition of 19 other women’s health and advocacy organisations, is now calling on the Victorian government to recognise the pivotal role migrant women play…

Call issued to urgently prioritise the voices of migrant women

Excerpt from Women’s Agenda Accessed on 09/07/2020 Article by Jessie Tu “The MCWH believes trained peer health educators are required to engage communities with “tailored, accurate and multilingual information and support.” “This type of support has never been more important,”…

Migrant women underrepresented in COVID-19 response

While the Victorian government under Daniel Andrews is in close contact with multicultural leaders to contain and lower the new cases of COVID-19, migrant and refugee women are not on the table in the decision-making response, leaving a gap of resources and information for them.

It’s time to listen to migrant women

A message from the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health Executive Director MCWH is extremely concerned about the health and wellbeing of migrant communities, particularly migrant women in the 11 ‘hot zone’ suburbs under Stage 3 restrictions, and public housing towers…

The WRAP #88: Black Lives Matter, Changing the trajectory on the digital divide and 60 seconds with Fortunata Maria Callipari

Dear WRAPpers, What a big month it has been. This June, we saw the Black Lives Matter protests burst across the world, calling for the end of systemic racism against black and Indigenous people. In Victoria, community transmissions have surged,…

Bla(c)k Lives Matter

As migrants to Australia, we eat, live, work and play on what always was and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. We acknowledge that we live on stolen land, and that Australia was a multicultural society long…

Changing the trajectory on the digital divide

Disaster films tend to have the same trajectory: a disaster strikes, the experts warn authorities, and the authorities delay taking the advice. Then, the disaster worsens until the expert advice is eventually heeded and the problem is solved. This disaster…

60 seconds with Fortunata Maria Callipari

What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I have been teaching myself to make pickles based on what my Mum taught me. I also teach other people how to make pickles on my blog, Kindred Link on traditions that…

Refugee Week

14 – 20 June is Refugee Week. There is a lot to learn about refugee experiences and many opportunities to show your support of refugee rights. We’re put together a small collection of resources for you: Refugee stories The Messenger…

Key Contacts in Migrant Women’s Prevention of Violence resource

For decades, migrant women have been preventing and responding to violence in migrant communities, fostering women’s leadership and holding men accountable to gender equality work. Yet, much of these efforts have been under-represented and under-funded. We are therefore so thrilled…

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