Category: WRAP (page 7)

In the area of health, equitable funding for women’s health services, which keeps up with population growth, is long overdue. Over time, funding for the women’s health program in Victoria has eroded from $4 per woman to $2 per Victorian woman today. When it comes to the million migrant women living in Victoria, the amount MCWH receives in funding is a very inadequate 68c per woman.

We loved talking with Fay Xu, our new Training Support Officer for the WomHen Project at MCWH.

This WRAP, we write about the role the language can play in fuelling anti-Asian hate, the importance of listening to migrant women workers, and spend 60 Seconds with Sanduni De Silva.

In this moment, when many of our families, friends and communities are hurting, we cannot give up the fight against racism and sexism in all domains of our lives.

While all eyes are rightly on Parliament House, we are reminded that gendered discrimination, gendered violence and harassment are not limited to any particular workplace.

This year, we celebrate migrant women’s leadership and honour their contributions in building a better future for all.

As we reflect on migrant women’s leadership on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2021 it is clear that migrant women have taken the lead this year in myriad ways.

Katrina is a PhD Candidate, Social documenter/Oral historian, mum and Lalor resident.