Kathy Nguyen is the Operations Manager at Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health If you had a magic wand, what would you use it for? I would change the world so that people have positive attitudes about differences. I think this…
60 seconds with Gagan Kaur Cheema
Among many other things, Gagan is a brilliant Bilingual Health Educator (Punjabi and Hindi) at MCWH What are you enjoying doing at the moment? This year I have been committed to taking care of my physical and spiritual health more…
60 Seconds With Jacqueline Wong
Founder, The Swim Project This month, we’re chatting with Jacqueline Wong, the founder of The Swim Project, a social enterprise with the vision to empower, educate and support young adults from multicultural backgrounds to learn to swim and increase their awareness…
60 seconds with Dr Lilac Limpangog
Academic, mother and MCWH RAP Manager Lilac is a gender equality advocate and advisor, university lecturer, Philippines cross- cultural trainer, and a devoted mother of two school-aged kids. She is passionate about promoting women’s rights in all domains of her…
60 seconds with Hoa Pham
Award-winning writer, playwright, Peril founder and newest MCWH project officer! What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Stopping and smelling the flowers. What is the best thing that happened to you today? Hugging my children. If you were a…
Then and Now with Rosa Vasseghi
Activist, creative and peacemaker. What were you doing in 1978? I was working in a big company in the South of Iran. The Islamic revolution in Iran began in 1979. When the new government took power they didn’t let me…
Then and Now: Bic Gresty
One of the busiest and best women we know What were you doing in 1978? I worked as a qualified physiotherapist at the Children hospital in Saigon City Vietnam. What’s something that you are really proud of? Being a refugee.…
60 seconds with Hope Mathumbu
New motorist, twitter enthusiast and MCWH Project Officer What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I am enjoying a series of free exercise classes being offered by the Maribyrnong City Council’s Spring into Summer series. I decided to challenge…
60 seconds with Rani Pramesti
Performance maker, intercultural producer and advocate for diversity in the arts What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Collaborating with an illustrator to adapt my previous performance work, Chinese Whispers, into a digital graphic novel. What is the best…
60 seconds with Lisha Constantino-Murphy
Story creator and aspiring documentary maker What are you enjoying doing at the moment? At the moment I am enjoying the fact that I can celebrate some of my team’s achievements, particularly in community-based health promotion (at Djerriwarrh Health Services).…