March 2021
HealthWest Partnership, Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) and Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) launched our full report of Community Conversations: Talking about finding work in Australia on 16 March 2021. The report focuses on the experiences of twenty young people and women from migrant and refugee backgrounds in Melbourne’s west finding work in Australia. Get […]
March 16, 2021
New Accessible Parking Permit Scheme
(Information shared on behalf of Department of Transport) From 22 March, a new Accessible Parking Permit scheme will be introduced across Victoria. The new scheme is designed to create fairer outcomes and free up accessible parking bays for the people who need them the most. The main changes for drivers with disabilities or injuries are […]
March 4, 2021
What we’ve learnt about allyship for gender equity
Preventing violence against women
Over recent years, HealthWest and our partners have increasingly recognised that the work of preventing violence against women cannot be effective if women are doing it alone. Since 2017, HealthWest has been on a journey to learn how to practically go about this and applying it at a community level. Anna Vu, Prevention Manager, reflects […]
