We are very pleased and excited to present the 2016-2020 Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH)
Joint submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission on Elder Abuse
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…
Submission to the Victorian Gender Equality Strategy (2016)
MCWH is proud to share our submission to the Victorian Gender Equality Strategy, which was endorsed by eleven regional and state-wide women’s organisations including: Women’s Health In the North; Women’s Health in the Southeast; Women’s Health East; Women’s Health West;…
New international evidence on violence in immigrant and refugee communities
A review of international evidence published today has confirmed that migration helps make immigrant and refugee women more vulnerable to men’s violence against women. Violence occurs in all communities and cultures across Australia, but immigrant and refugee women face structural…
Supporting women's right to choose
MCWH is one of forty organisations that has signed on to an open letter to the Premier regarding abortion laws. Immigrant and refugee already face significant barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive health services and MCWH welcomes the government’s commitment…
Royal Commission into Family Violence – Day #17
Today is Day #17 of the Royal Commission and the focus is on looking at diversity of experiences, community attitudes and structural impediments surrounding family violence. Of particular interest to MCWH is the examination of family violence and prevention within the…
ReMINDer Resource Kit – A Handy Guide for International Students
MCWH were happy to be recent sponsors of Monash University’s Student Placement Program. We welcomed two international students, Tiffany and Yan, who were working on their 4th year project, “Mind your Mind”. As one of the project deliverables, Tiffany and…
Submission to the Royal Commission into Family Violence (2015)
Violence against women occurs in all Victorian communities and across all cultures. There are clear differences in the way that violence is enacted across cultures and social contexts, but no one immigrant/refugee community or culture is any more violent than…
Sharing our Strengths: Where to from here for FGM/C prevention?
Last WRAP we lamented that your average, news-loving Australian is unlikely to learn about the complex issues related to ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) because, too often, that kind of complexity is pushed out in favour of some good-old heart-pumping,…
2014 CEDAW Shadow Report Consultation
Last week MCWH co-hosted an important discussion focusing on immigrant and refugee women’s rights with Diaspora Action Australia and YWCA Australia. YWCA Australia led the consultation as part of the development of the 2014 United Nations Convention to End All Forms of Discrimination…