This year marks the sixth incarnation of the UN’s initiative – 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, with the theme for 2018 being #HearMeToo. The focus is on engaging local, national, regional and global women’s movements in an inclusive…
WRAP #70: Multicultural Centre for Women's Health turned 40 in style!
We did it! Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health has turned 40 and we are feeling stronger and healthier than ever! After many months of planning and counting down the days, last Thursday MCWH celebrated 40 years of history at our…
Migrant women take centre stage
Not three years ago, our bilingual educators visited the Langham Hotel to run health education sessions with the many migrant women who work there behind the scenes and are essential to the hotel’s operation. Last week we made sure that…
As needed now as 40 years ago
Excerpted from MCWH Board Chair Dr. Tamara Kwarteng’s Gala speech “MCWH started in 1978 as a solution to a serious problem. Migrant women at the time did not have access to information and education about their contraceptive and other reproductive…
Then and Now with Michelle Law
This year we have been featuring women who reflect on the past and the future for themselves and others as migrant women living in Australia. This WRAP we have the privilege to publish part of Michelle Law’s moving key note…
MCWH 40th Anniversary Gala
We did it! Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health has turned 40 and we are feeling stronger and healthier than ever! After many months of planning and counting down the days, last Thursday MCWH celebrated 40 years of history at our…
WRAP #69: Leadership, Ending endometriosis myths and 60 seconds with Mojo Juju
We are exactly a month away from our very special Gala night to celebrate 40 years of migrant women’s health in migrant women’s hands. It’s going to be decadent and we hope you can join us, not only to raise…
Looking at leadership differently
In the wake of renewed calls for gender quotas in Australian parliament, and awkward questions about whether the Liberal party has a “problem” with women, who among us wasn’t inspired to see 9-year old Harper Nielsen’s unambiguous leadership in raising…
Ending the myths about endometriosis
It’s often said that knowledge is power and when it comes to women’s health, having accurate information about the issues and options is essential for women to make informed decisions. Often, when we hear the words ‘informed choice’, the conversation…
60 Seconds With: Mo’Ju
‘Native Tongue’ was a big hit for you earlier this year, can you tell us about the inspiration behind the song? In a very personal sense, this song is about longing for connection to culture and the desire to belong.…