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MSHN Forum
On International Women's Day, the Multicultural Sexual Health Network ran a forum focused on consent and current strategies to engage with people from multicultural communities. Guest speakers Jenny Walsh from Relationships and...
CEH to run more NDIS Interpreters and Bicultural Workers training in 2019
Building on the Understanding the NDIS training which CEH run for interpreters in Victoria last year, CEH received further support from the Victorian government to continue the interpreters' training and to expand it to bicultural workers and Multicultural Education...
Afghan Community Tackles Gender Inequity with Poetry and Music
The Centre for Culture Ethnicity & Health partnered with the Afghan community to deliver an evening of poetry and music (mushaira) in celebration of International Women’s Day on Friday March the 8th. Using the traditional practice of imparting knowledge and...
Refugee Alternatives 2019: Five key things we should do to improve Australian refugee policy
CEH's co-manager Alison Coelho attended Refugee Alternatives 2019 in Adelaide to discuss difficulties faced by refugees in Australia, and recommendations to improve current policies. The theme for this year's conference, 'Platform for Change', focused on five key...
Rainbow Connections: A space for young people with multiple identities
LGBTIQ multicultural youths are using art to tell their stories in a new project run by Multicultural Health Support Service. Daily, young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds have to navigate the different cultural spaces that exist between family, friends,...
Mental Health Commission Must Reflect Victoria’s Diversity
Last year, the premier announced Labor would establish Australia’s first royal commission into Victoria’s mental health system if re-elected. Since Labor's re-election, submissions to the commission have flooded in. CEH welcomes the commitment to a commission. But we...