Meeting soaring demand: WSMRC forges key alliances with other organisations to enhance Milivelihood Employment Program

(South-West Sydney and Macarthur Region – 12 February 2024)  In response to the rapidly growing demand for CALD women to access its transformative Milivelihood Employment program, the Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre (WSMRC) has recently formed strategic partnerships with other service providers and training organisations. This collaborative effort is aimed at ensuring that the program […]

Childcare Subsidy: A Significant Leap in Overcoming Work Barriers for CALD Women

Childcare Subsidy A Significant Leap in Overcoming Work Barriers for CALD Women

Childcare subsidies hold immense potential in empowering culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women, enabling them to overcome work barriers and achieve better settlement outcomes. With a focus on affordability, these subsidies make quality early childhood education and care accessible, paving the way for increased workforce participation and community engagement.

Empowering CALD Women in Leadership: Transformative Training Sessions

Empowering CALD Women In Leadership Transformative Training Sessions

Introduction Last weekend, a remarkable Women in Leadership Program took place, bringing together CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) women from various backgrounds. This self-funded training session aimed to inspire, educate, and empower these women to overcome challenges and lead with confidence. Among the esteemed speakers were Dai Le MP, Anne Stanley MP, and Charishma Kaliyanda […]

Western Sydney MRC welcomes NSW Settlement Strategy

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Media Release, From Western Sydney MRC – 28th February 2023 Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre (WSMRC) welcomes the NSW Settlement Strategy as an important initiative to improve settlement outcomes for people from refugee and refugee-like backgrounds living in NSW. It will serve as a bridge between federal and state initiatives, drawing on the wealth of […]

The easiest thing you can do is believe in a better situation for refugees and carry that belief and spread it wherever you go and to whoever you talk to”. Riyanna, aged 13.

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“I recently read The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do, who fled Vietnam and travelled on a small boat with 40 relatives as a toddler, got attacked by pirates and arrived in  Cabramatta, Sydney, Australia.  After arrival, his parents worked day and night sewing and running a duck farm, so Anh and his brother could afford […]

Settlement In Review August 2022

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The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Andrew Giles hosted the first sector face-to-face CEO meeting in three years at Parliament House.

Western Sydney MRC’s Submission to improve the Crimes Legislation (Coercive Control)

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Amendment (Coercive Control) Bill 2022Prepared and submitted by: Mary Hilmi IntroductionWestern Sydney Migrant Resource Centre (Western Sydney MRC) is a community-based non-profit organisation established to relieve the situation of people and communities actively and directly from diverse backgrounds whose social condition finds them disadvantaged. We aim to promote the principles of access and equity for […]

Improving crisis communications to CALD communities

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Western Sydney MRC welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission into the inquiry by the New South Wales Legislative Assembly’s Committee on Community Services on ‘How to improve crisis communications to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. We recognise the importance and urgency of this inquiry and support the government’s efforts to develop a multicultural engagement strategy informed by lived experiences. We hope our direct feedback on crisis communications issues will add robustness and authenticity to the engagement strategies.

SouthWest Sydney CALD communities voiced their concerns – where to from here post-election?

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aking this responsibility seriously, Western Sydney MRC and Metro Assist partnered to run a Community Consultation Tour for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in Canterbury-Bankstown area on 24th March 2022. Employing a community capacity building approach, the consultation session was held online via zoom to identify key issues as described by the communities as well as provide them with resources such as the Community Civic Participation Toolkit and well as Local Government Areas based snapshots.  

Exciting New Project – Civic Spotlight 2022 – Behind the Scenes

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by Dr Archana Voola – Policy Officer, Western Sydney MRC My strategy has been to take a systematic approach to needs assessment. The first instinct is to go to the communities and ask them directly what the critical issues of concern are for them. This is necessary but unholistic. While lived experiences provide unique and […]