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Migrant women underrepresented in COVID-19 response

While the Victorian government under Daniel Andrews is in close contact with multicultural leaders to contain and lower the new cases of COVID-19, migrant and refugee women are not on the table in the decision-making response, leaving a gap of resources and information for them.

It’s time to listen to migrant women

A message from the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health Executive Director MCWH is extremely concerned about the health and wellbeing of migrant communities, particularly migrant women in the 11 ‘hot zone’ suburbs under Stage 3 restrictions, and public housing towers…

The WRAP #88: Black Lives Matter, Changing the trajectory on the digital divide and 60 seconds with Fortunata Maria Callipari

Dear WRAPpers, What a big month it has been. This June, we saw the Black Lives Matter protests burst across the world, calling for the end of systemic racism against black and Indigenous people. In Victoria, community transmissions have surged,…

Bla(c)k Lives Matter

As migrants to Australia, we eat, live, work and play on what always was and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. We acknowledge that we live on stolen land, and that Australia was a multicultural society long…

Changing the trajectory on the digital divide

Disaster films tend to have the same trajectory: a disaster strikes, the experts warn authorities, and the authorities delay taking the advice. Then, the disaster worsens until the expert advice is eventually heeded and the problem is solved. This disaster…

60 seconds with Fortunata Maria Callipari

What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I have been teaching myself to make pickles based on what my Mum taught me. I also teach other people how to make pickles on my blog, Kindred Link on traditions that…

Refugee Week

14 – 20 June is Refugee Week. There is a lot to learn about refugee experiences and many opportunities to show your support of refugee rights. We’re put together a small collection of resources for you: Refugee stories The Messenger…

Key Contacts in Migrant Women’s Prevention of Violence resource

For decades, migrant women have been preventing and responding to violence in migrant communities, fostering women’s leadership and holding men accountable to gender equality work. Yet, much of these efforts have been under-represented and under-funded. We are therefore so thrilled…

WRAP #87: Women’s sexual and reproductive health, violence against international students and 60 seconds with Hala Nasr

Dear WRAP-pers, Happy International Day of Action for Women’s Health! Today we are reminded to keep women’s sexual and reproductive health a priority on the COVID-19 response agenda. Although COVID-19 restrictions are slowly easing, migrant and refugee women’s barriers in…

WRAP #87: Keeping women’s health on the response agenda

Even before lockdown restrictions began to ease, many were already questioning whether the impact of the response measures has been worse than the impact of the pandemic itself. The economic evidence has shown that the current crisis has disproportionately affected…

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