Why is the health of culturally and linguistically diverse women an issue?
Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women (women from non-English speaking backgrounds) face multiple disadvantages and challenges.
They experience systemic disadvantage as a result of policy deficiencies and limitations in access to social services, as well as racial, cultural and gender discrimination. This negatively impacts on their ability to access employment and healthcare services.
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Publisher: Australian Research Council and Western Sydney University, Community Migrant Resource Centre, FP NSW, and Centre for the study of gender, social in equities and mental health. January 2017
Status – CURRENT
Identifying migrant and refugee women’s experiences and constructs of sexual embodiment are essential for understanding sexual subjectivity and provision of culturally safe sexual health information
Publisher: Australian Research Council and Western Sydney University, Community Migrant Resource Centre, FP NSW, and Centre for the study of gender, social in equities and mental health.
Status – April 2017
The research examines how sexual and reproductive health is experienced and understood by recent migrant and refugee women, living in Sydney and Vancouver Canada.
Publisher: Australian Government Dept. of Social Services, AMES, 2016
Status – CURRENT
This document summarises the outcomes of a project focusing on the primary prevention of violence against women in CALD communities. Based on community consultation and research it identifies issues that need to be considered when working with CALD communities to prevent violence against women and recommends future actions for consideration.
Publisher: Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity, 2016
Status – CURRENT
In 2015, the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity identified the need to develop a national framework aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Australian court system to provide access to justice for women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Publisher: Anrows, 2015
Status – CURRENT
This state of knowledge paper examines a broad range of national and international research to present the current knowledge about family violence against immigrant and refugee women. While the paper identifies critical evidence on the topic, it acknowledges that much of the available literature has methodological issues, including incomplete and inconclusive prevalence data; small sample sizes; and conceptualising family violence in ways that are not recognised by immigrant and refugee communities.
Publisher: Women’s Centre for Health Matters
Status – CURRENT
A collection of reports published by Women’s Centre for Health Matters, ACT. Includes research and findings about Women behind bars, CALD Women, Indigenous Women, Young and Old Women, Women with disabilities etc.
Publisher: Women’s Centre for Health Matters Inc, 2009
Status – CURRENT
This report aimed to develop a profile of CALD women in the ACT. It documents fifteen themes from the research which were identified as factors that influence CALD women’s social connectedness and wellbeing, as well as the elements that enhance social connectedness.
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 2005
Status – CURRENT
In 1996 over 40,000 Australian women were invited take part in a long term project which would survey the health of women across the nation, over time. The participants were selected in three age cohorts: younger women aged 18-23, mid-age women aged 45-50, and older women aged 70-75. These groups were deliberately chosen in order to recruit women before they passed through major turning points in women’s lives. With eight years of change now tracked in the surveys, the study is providing insights into major trends in the lives of Australian women.
Publisher: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, 1999
Status – Current
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (now known as the Women’s Health Australia Project (WHA)) commenced in June 1995 as a result of initiatives arising from the National Women’s Health Policy. The project has two components: large scale surveys of three ‘main’ cohorts of women selected by age and smaller studies of indigenous and migrant women. The studies of the main cohorts are conducted by the University of Newcastle and the special cohort studies are conducted by the University of Queensland. This report covers the initial funding period from 1995 to 1999. In future there will be Annual Reports in this series.
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Publisher: Australian Government Dept. of Social Services, AMES, 2016
Status – CURRENT
This document summarises the outcomes of a project focusing on the primary prevention of violence against women in CALD communities. Based on community consultation and research it identifies issues that need to be considered when working with CALD communities to prevent violence against women and recommends future actions for consideration.
Publisher: Women’s Centre for Health Matters
Status – CURRENT
A collection of reports published by Women’s Centre for Health Matters, ACT. Includes research and findings about Women behind bars, CALD Women, Indigenous Women, Young and Old Women, Women with disabilities etc.
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WCHM Reports
/in Evidence / Statistics /by adminPublisher: Women’s Centre for Health Matters
Status – CURRENT
A collection of reports published by Women’s Centre for Health Matters, ACT. Includes research and findings about Women behind bars, CALD Women, Indigenous Women, Young and Old Women, Women with disabilities etc.
It goes with the Territory! The views of ACT Women from CALD Backgrounds about Health and Wellbeing Information (2011)
/in Evidence / Statistics /by adminPublisher: Women’s Centre for Health Matters Inc, 2011
Status – CURRENT
This companion report presents the findings and views of the 102 women from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds who participated in WCHM’s health and wellbeing information research, and identifies the major themes and the barriers facing them in accessing the health and wellbeing information they need.
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Women in the ACT: Enablers and Barriers to Achieving Social Connectedness (2009)
/in Evidence / Statistics /by adminPublisher: Women’s Centre for Health Matters Inc, 2009
Status – CURRENT
This report aimed to develop a profile of CALD women in the ACT. It documents fifteen themes from the research which were identified as factors that influence CALD women’s social connectedness and wellbeing, as well as the elements that enhance social connectedness.