Doseda Hetherington, Women’s health worker and gender equality advocate What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I’ve recently been inspired by a documentary on living minimally – it really resonated with me and I’ve since been slowing getting rid…
The Scoop Winter 2017
In Brief
We hosted our first networking night at the MCWH office in Collingwood on the 25th May and it was a great success! Read more about the knowledge we shared and what you can expect next time! On April 7th, Multicultural…
Keeping busy
Health Education Program (HEP) MCWH Multilingual Health Education Programs have been delivering important health information to women from immigrant and refugee backgrounds since 1978. Programs are conducted in industry and community settings by highly trained and qualified Bilingual Health Educators,…
Around the office
We farewell our National Training Officer, Maria Hach. Maria joined MCWH in 2011 as a Health Promotion and Project Officer before beginning her training role in 2012. During her time at MCWH, Maria developed and implemented the nationally accredited Bilingual…
MCWH Inaugural Networking Night
We held our inaugural Multicultural Women’s Network meetup on 25th May. It was great opportunity to meet with other women from immigrant and refugee backgrounds who are engaged with, or working in the multicultural women’s space. The afternoon allowed us…
The WRAP#54-Achieving reproductive justice: a case of intersectional thinking, the costs of motherhood and 60 Seconds with Sasha Sarago
The month of May is inherently woman focused with the celebration of mothers everywhere on Mother’s Day and through raising awareness of women’s sexual and reproductive rights on International Day of Action for Women’s Health. Using an intersectional approach, we…
Achieving reproductive justice: a case of intersectional thinking
The concept of choice, like the language of human rights, is essentially a good thing. Having choices (or rights) implies that you also have the freedom and ability to act on every option (or right) available to you. However, when…
The costs of motherhood
May is a special time of year for many mothers, when children and partners take the time to acknowledge how much we owe to the mums in our lives. Of course someone has taken the time to figure out how…