4.1.3 Pauline Gwatirisa

4.1.3 Pauline Gwatirisa

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  There are Noarrivals: Points of Departure for Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Advocacy Pauline Gwatirisa and Adele Murdolo Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, VIC
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  About the MCWH An immigrant and refugee women’s organization. Activities include: - Multilingual health education in workplace and community locations - Access to multilingual information - Cross-cultural training customized to your needs - Research and advocacy
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  The Points ofDeparture project  A national advocacy project aimed at building advocacy capacity of NGOs  Project milestones included: - Discussion paper mapping key national issues for immigrant and refugee women - Paper drew on evidence from literature; NGOs experiences; Women’s voices
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  Key issues indiscussion paper  Challenges faced attributable to ethnicity, gender and cultural diversity  Settlement related challenges  Social exclusion in different spheres of life - Barriers to social participation - Low labor force participation - Representation in policy debates
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  Milestones cont-d  Consultationwith stakeholders across Australia  National forum – brought together 70 stakeholders  Identification of key social inclusion indicators at national forum  Indicators included in advocacy toolkit
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  The advocacy toolkit Contains 5 indicators vis: - Social inclusion - Sexual and reproductive health services - Violence against women - Focus on prevention - Data management  Toolkit to be used in developing resources for training immigrant and refugee women  NGOs to be engaged in relation to use of
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  Resources  Points ofDeparture Discussion paper available on www.mcwh.com.au  Points of Departure Advocacy Toolkit to be launched soon
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  THANK YOU!!