The answers we seek are often limited by the questions we ask. No, we’re not talking about spiritual enlightenment. We are talking about the challenges of research when issues of race, gender and culture are involved. For example, research…
60 seconds with Solmaz Yavari: Queen fan, case manager and aspiring rodeo rider
What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I do enjoy advocating for people rights and I feel fortunate that I am in the position of being able to do so. If you had a magic wand, what would you…
Media Release: Multicultural women’s health organisation and aged care provider partnering for the primary prevention of family violence
We are proud to be launching our new project in partnership with Southern Cross Care (Vic)! Equality@Work is the first workplace prevention program in Australia to address gender inequality and other intersecting forms of inequality which make immigrant and refugee…
60 Seconds with Doseda Hetherington
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…