Racism comes in many forms—openly as a racial slur, or subtly as a joke. Racism is any form of prejudice or discrimination against another due to the belief that one’s race, colour or ethnicity is superior. Whether conscious or unconscious, no form of racism is...
In Australia, some call today Harmony Day. No other nation across the world calls March 21st Harmony Day. Instead they choose to use the correct term, The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Calling the 21st of March ‘Harmony Day’...
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 Sexuality Education, Cailin...
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...
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...
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’,...
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,...
Multicultural Community Action Network (MCAN) members have been making plans for Cultural Diversity Week. This year, Cultural Diversity Week will have the theme “Racism, Stigma and Discrimination in Health”. The week-long event will celebrate of the diversity of our...
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....
