Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) is delighted that migrant and refugee women will receive a funding boost of $1.57m over two years from today’s Victorian 2022/23 budget, for much needed women’s health programs specifically targeting migrant and refugee women across the state.
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Media Release: New funding to address the health impacts of FGM/C
MCWH is excited to announce that we will receive $700,000 to deliver activities to address the health impacts of female genital mutilation on women and girls, announced in the Commonwealth Budget 2022-23.
Victorian Women are sick of small change: Underinvestment in women’s health increases illness and depression
Today CEOs of Victoria’s 12 women’s health services, along with Rainbow Health Australia, are calling for an immediate uplift in investment to secure the health and wellbeing of Victorian women, following the release of alarming data which shows Victorian women have gotten sicker, more anxious and depressed since the commencement of the COVID19 pandemic.
The migrant mothers raising their babies alone amid Australia’s lockdowns
Dr Adele Murdolo says the pandemic has disproportionatly affected mothers from migrant and refugee backgrounds. SBS article by Abby Dinham.
Extreme impacts of COVID on migrant, refugee women
Adele Murdolo wrote on the ‘Extreme impacts of Covid on migrant, refugee women’ for Broad Agenda
Vaccination rates lower in low socio-economic communities
Watch Dr Adele Murdolo being interviewed about the vaccination rates in lower socio-economic areas.
Rosie Batty joins family violence experts’ calls to prioritise preventing coercive control
Dr Adele Murdolo interviewed about preventing coercive control before it starts.
Call for prevention to be at the centre of coercive control solutions following National Summit
Dr Adele Murdolo made a statement supporting Respect Victoria’s call for prevention to be at the centre of coercive control solutions.
Systemic barriers impacting migrant, refugee access to care amid deepening pandemic divides
Healthcare discrimination on the basis of citizenship, visa status, race, gender, disability and other intersectional factors is a global issue, magnified during the pandemic.
Australia’s health system isn’t adequately supporting migrant and refugee women
A report by the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health says inequality, racism and sexism can collide when it comes to sexual and reproductive health outcomes for some migrant and refugee women.