MCWH Executive Director Dr Adele Murdolo weighed in on the challenges of using telehealth in an SBS News article about a significant coronavirus-induced drop in visits to GP and specialist services
WRAP #86: Migrant essential workers, the cost of reproductive healthcare and 60 seconds with Eman Al-Dasuqi
WRAP #86: Migrant essential workers, the cost of reproductive healthcare and 60 seconds with Eman Al-Dasuqi Welcome to our fourth edition of the year! Into our seventh week of isolation, we’ve been busy working together-apart. This month, we began running…
Our community’s life support
Our community’s life support There is good news: compared with other parts of the world, Australia is doing an excellent job of flattening the coronavirus curve. Latest surveys also suggest that while feelings of anxiety, stress and boredom have spiked,…
Counting the reproductive health costs of COVID-19
Source: Unsplash Counting the reproductive health costs of COVID-19 Remember the days before COVID-19? Back when we could move freely and access whatever healthcare we needed? Anyone following the situation for migrant women in Australia would know that even pre-COVID-19,…
There are fears coronavirus is stopping Australia’s migrant women from accessing abortions
MCWH Executive Director spoke with SBS News about how financial hardship caused by COVID-19 is impacting women across the country, particularly migrants who do not qualify for welfare support.
Webinar: Kathryn Aedy on Prevention of violence against women and safer pathways to services for migrant and refugee communities
Mark your calendars! Our PVAW (Prevention of Violence Against Women) Team Leader, Kathryn Aedy, will be speaking on a webinar hosted by ANROWS about the ‘Prevention of violence against women and safer pathways to services for migrant and refugee communities’.…
Radio interview with our ED, Adele Murdolo on Rete Italia
Tune into Rete Italia at 11:30am today for an interview with our ED, Adele Murdolo. She’ll be talking about our work and how she got involved over 20 years go! This radio station is mostly in Italian but our program…
The WRAP #85: Time for universal healthcare, Social solidarity in a time of physical distance and 60 seconds with Alejandra Pineda
What a difference a month makes. For all of us, the world we live in, the way we spend each day, the conversations we are having and how we are having them, have all changed rapidly and will continue to…
It’s time for true universal healthcare
Remember to take precautions against COVID-19 with this catchy Vietnamese song In a health crisis, disadvantage and discrimination don’t disappear. In fact, there is ample evidence to suggest that social, economic and health inequities intensify and deepen. For migrant women,…
Physical distance, social solidarity
MCWH staff members staying connected while working from home In the past few weeks, we have seen sweeping changes and widespread expressions of fear across Australia and the globe. Panic buying, the closure of restaurants and places of worship, racist…