This month, Victoria is set to hold the biggest celebration outside of India, to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first guru and founder of Sikhism. In fact, the celebrations have already started, and if you know…
Migrant women’s health in migrant women’s hands
The Australian health system is often described as excellent and, compared globally, we have to agree. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t still inequities, and we’ve noticed that there is often a different system for different people, depending on who they are or where they…
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…
Call for Papers
Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health is hosting a 2-day national Multicultural Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health Conference on 27-28 February 2020 in Melbourne. The conference will share current evidence, new research, and innovative and proven practices to contribute to and…
Submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health Services
MCWH is proud to advocate for better Victorian mental health services, support and access to information for migrant and refugee women.
We want you! Women’s Leadership Course in Sunshine
Are you looking for work or volunteer opportunities? Do you have an idea but don’t know how make it come true? We want you! Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health is running a Women’s Leadership course for immigrant and refugee women…
Sexual and reproductive health videos and fact sheets in Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Dari, Karen, Punjabi, Somali, Tamil, Vietnamese, Hakha Chin, Dari, Somali and Urdu
MCWH is very proud to have developed a suite of reproductive and sexual health education fact sheets and videos in partnership with Family Planning Victoria. The resources have been developed in 13 languages: Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Dari, Karen, Punjabi, Somali,…
Gambling awareness brochures in Assyrian, Dari, Hazaragi, Punjabi, Tamil and simple English
MCWH has worked in collaboration with community organisations in Victoria, project partners and the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation to produce five new factsheets to raise awareness about gambling and potential harms related to gambling and gaming. “How does gambling affect…
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…
Stillbirth Research and Education Final Report
We feel very honoured to have been mentioned in the final report of the Senate Select Committee on Stillbirth Research and Education. MCWH congratulates the Committee on their important work and looks forward to seeing the impact of the report…