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Discrimination: a health hazard for people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds resettled in Australia

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Ziersch, A., Due, C. & Walsh, M. Discrimination: a health hazard for people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds resettled in Australia. BMC Public Health 20, 108 (2020). Abstract Background Research has shown that discrimination is harmful to health, but there is relatively little known about discrimination experienced by people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds in...

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Refugee-led peak national advocacy organisation launched in Melbourne

By J Pope

In Multicultural communities

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Refugee Communities Association of Australia Inc., 11 Feb 2020 Refugee Communities Association of Australia Inc (RCAA) was launched at the Multicultural Hub: AMES Australia on 8th February in Melbourne, with the aim to empower refugee communities across Australia, enabling them to take active roles in Australia. For a long-time refugee community in Australia have been represented by external...

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Migrant women’s groups commend voting down of ‘racist’ amendment to NSW abortion bill

By J Pope

In Multicultural communities, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health

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SBS, 19th September 2019 Groups representing migrant women in Australia have praised the voting down of a controversial amendment to NSW’s proposed abortion bill that would have explicitly banned abortions on the basis of gender selection. The amendment had been labelled “racist” and a “dog-whistle” on the basis it specifically targeted Indian and Chinese communities...

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Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice

By J Pope

In Multicultural communities, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health

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Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Bangkok: July 2019 The resource “Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice” has just been released by Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and endorsed by multiple international organisations. While it focuses on US policy environ, it is more broadly applicable: in...

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New sexual health videos in English, Arabic, Karen and Punjab

By J Pope

In Contraception, Gynaecology & andrology, Multicultural communities, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health, Sex & relationships education

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Health Translations Directory (Victorian Government of Australia), February 2018 Health Translations Directory has now added some new audiovisual files in English, Arabic, Karen and Punjab, developed by Family Planning Victoria. These are part of a series of videos about periods, pregnancy and contraception, for newly arrived migrant and refugee women in Australia. The videos provide general...

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Temporary migration and family violence: an analysis of victimisation, support and vulnerability

By J Pope

In Crime and law, Mental health & sexual health, Multicultural communities, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health, Sexual, gendered & partner violence

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Monash University / InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence, 2017 Family violence does not discriminate. However, it is known that for various subsets of the population, both the experience of family violence and the support and response options do vary, in some cases significantly. The Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence (VRCFV) acknowledged the importance of recognising...

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