Introduction

Category: Submissions

Category: Submissions

Joint Statement by the 2021 National Women’s Safety Summit delegates representing the rights and interests of migrant and refugee women

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In anticipation of the National Women’s Safety Summit on the 6 and 7 September,  Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health met with nine of our sister organisations attending the conference to prepare a Joint Statement representing the rights and interests of migrant and refugee women.
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Submission to the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee Inquiry into the Victorian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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This submission has been developed by the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH). Introduction The Multicultural Centre for Womens’ Health (MCWH) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to comment on the Victorian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as…
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Submission to the Victorian Family and Community Development Committee Public Inquiry into Perinatal Services

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This submission has been developed by the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH), the national voice for immigrant and refugee women’s health and wellbeing. The term ‘immigrant and refugee’ refers to people who have migrated from overseas, and their children.…
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Gender and elder abuse: what’s the connection? Joint submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission on Elder Abuse

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The Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health and the University of Melbourne provided the following submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry on Elder Abuse. The submission draws on recent research showing that elder abuse is gendered and  immigrant and…
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