migrant women

Report: struggles faced by migrant and refugee women in Australian workplaces

A report from Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS), explores the links between sexual harassment, exploitation and discrimination of migrant and refugee women within the country. The study expands on earlier data, where it was found 46% of the participants reported experiencing workplace harassment within the last five years. The intersecting problems have …

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Specialist support critical for migrant women in Australia

A Brisbane-based organisation is pledging the Queensland government to review its protections for refugee and multicultural women. The State government passed a law earlier this year to criminalise coercive control, becoming the second state just behind New South Wales to do so. But the Immigrant Women Support Service claims there are not enough support services …

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