Dr Adele Murdolo says the pandemic has disproportionatly affected mothers from migrant and refugee backgrounds. SBS article by Abby Dinham.
Category: MCWH in the media
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.
A second Australian dies from blood clot likely linked to AstraZeneca vaccine
Is information about hotspots being translated into key languages other than English for Victorians from migrant and refugee backgrounds?
Victorian government creates gender responsive budgeting unit in treasury
The Victorian government has announced it will establish a gender-responsive budgeting unit as part of its 2021/22 state budget, in a move that is widely considered an important step towards gender equality.
Media release: Victorian Budget 2021
20 May 2021 Migrant and refugee women will continue to receive much needed in-language health education for migrant and refugee women across the state, after the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) received an additional $200,000 investment in Victoria’s…