This time of the year our minds often turn to tradition. We start to see the overt trappings of a Western Christian tradition and culture all around us, in the snow-capped Christmas trees, the bright red of Santa’s wintery woollens…
Marginal or marginalised?
If we were in any doubt about it, this month has clearly demonstrated that the urgent need to prevent violence against women has well and truly reached both public consciousness and government attention. The international campaign for 16 Days of…
60 seconds with Mmaskepe Sejoe
Human rights advocate, bibliophile and early morning thinker What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Reading and just learning to take life easy. What is the best thing that happened to you today? I had coffee with a friend…
New international evidence on violence in immigrant and refugee communities
A review of international evidence published today has confirmed that migration helps make immigrant and refugee women more vulnerable to men’s violence against women. Violence occurs in all communities and cultures across Australia, but immigrant and refugee women face structural…
Our Voices, Changing Cultures Project published in Australian Mosiac magazine
Monique Hameed is the Project Officer for the Our Voices, Changing Cultures Project currently being run at the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health. This fantastic project works with young same-sex attracted women from culturally diverse immigrant and refugee backgrounds running theatre…
ASPIRE Project: Presenting at the Family Violence Has No Boundaries Conference
Our work on the ASPIRE Project – Analysing Safety and Place in Immigrant and Refugee Experience– led us to co-host a session at the Family Violence Has No Boundaries Conference, held at Melbourne Law School. Our BHE educator Manasi presented with…
MCWH in Melbourne Law School, Human Rights Law video
Human rights is something we place great emphasis on at MCWH and we were thrilled to meet Professor Dianne Otto, who is the Co-Director of Human Rights Law at Melbourne University Law School. Dianne visited us to see the work we…
The WRAP #37: Contraception, self-reflection and 60 seconds with Maria Osman
What a busy and exciting month October has been! We’re drawing closer to the sticky end of the year and can feel the business and momentum building! Our highlight this month was holding our annual Strategic Planning Summit to look…
Complexity and contraception
People educated in Australia of ‘a certain vintage’ have the pleasure of recalling the days when school sex education entailed a perky film about the family life of ducks and geese, followed by an obtuse talk from teachers about love…
Power to our future selves
Imagine being a 13 year old migrant girl for the day. Imagine how your 13 year old self might make sense of the 24/7 world of social media, schoolyard banter and popular culture, before the onset of adult cynicism and weariness. If…