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HIV information in Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese

Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service has developed booklets about HIV in Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese. You can read more about HIV by using the links below: HIV: What you need to know-Booklet-English.pdf HIV: What you need…

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…

WRAP #87: #HerNameIs

The red shoes protest in Mexico in 2020 against femicide. Credit: Canva Much has been written over the last few months about the significant hardship faced by Australian international students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Advocates have expressed concerns about the…

WRAP #87: 60 Seconds with Hala Nasr, Project Officer

Hala Nasr is a MCWH Prevention of Violence Against Women Project Officer What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I’ve been indulging in science fiction/dystopia shows lately (much to the happiness of my hubby). I realised that immersing myself…

THE MUSES PROJECT: Multicultural and settlement services supporting women experiencing violence

New evidence to support migrant and refugee women’s health, safety and wellbeing MCWH is proud to share the findings of new research we conducted in three Australian states about the current and potential role of settlement and multicultural services in…