Opinion By Katerina Hatzi Human rights advocacy group Global Citizen reports that “women in conflict zones are 7.7 times more likely to experience extreme poverty.” The female experience during conflicts often involves much suffering, from experiencing gender violence to not…

A new United Nations initiative aims to reduce the risk that migrants die or go missing following a record 8,600 migrant deaths in 2023. The initiative is described in recommendations made in the 2024 report on the implementation of the…

Australia’s Syrian refugee community is celebrating the fall of the brutal Assad regime in their homeland but they also have concerns about what the future holds for Syria. The regime of dictator Bashar al Assad was toppled this week by…

Australians overwhelmingly continue to view multiculturalism and immigration as benefits to the nation despite rising concerns about housing the cost of living, a new study has found. The Scanlon Research Foundation’s ‘Mapping Social Cohesion 2024’ report found that social cohesion…

Kite flying has always been a part of Mohammad Balkhi’s life. As a child he would run through the streets of Kabul with his friends sending brightly coloured, home-made kites aloft into Afghanistan’s azure skies. At age 12, Mohammad started…

Newly arrived refugee and migrant communities have a poor understanding of, and low level of engagement in, Australia’s electoral process, a survey of community leaders has found. A focus group of 32 community leaders in 21 key cohort migrant and…

Secure visa status, employment, income, good housing conditions and control over environmental circumstances are the keys to good mental health and resilience among refugees, a new study has confirmed. The finding is the result of systematic review of factors promoting…

Australia’s population has just crashed through the 27 million mark, and migration is a major reason why it is accelerating, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals. The data shows the jump from 26 to 27 million…

Women from culturally diverse communities are at the most disadvantaged when it comes to workplace equity and the gender pay gap, new research reveals. They are more likely to passed over for promotion and they find it hardest to gain…

A major refuge crisis is emerging in Nigeria with 3.7 million people now forcibly displaced. The number includes 3.6 million internally displaced people, most of who have fled Boko Haram and other militias operating in the countries north-east. There are…

A Melbourne winter night was lit up this month by a vibrant multicultural lantern festival. The inaugural ‘Luminous Festival’ took to the streets around the Queen Victoria Market and the Melbourne Multicultural Hub on the northern edge of the CBD.…

A new film explores the rich and complex multicultural fabric of Melbourne. ‘My Melbourne’, features the work of celebrated Indian filmmakers Onir, Rima Das, Imtiaz Ali, and Kabir Khan. It tells the true stories of marginalised people from migrant communities,…