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040 _aAFVC
245 _aMigrant and refugee women in the COVID-19 pandemic :
_cHarmony Alliance
_bimpact, resilience and the way forward
260 _aMelbourne, Vic :
_bHarmony Alliance,
_c2021
300 _aelectronic document (22 pages) ; PDF file: 1.7 MB
500 _aNational Consultation Report, February 2021
520 _aAt the end of 2020, Harmony Alliance held a series of consultations with our individual and organisational members across Australia. The consultations focussed on a range of issues concerning the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant and refugee women. We held separate thematic sessions on the issues of women’s health, wellbeing, and safety, economic security, digital inclusion, and experiences of racism. The Alliance’s Young Women’s Advisory Group (YWAG) also held a targeted session on young migrant and refugee women’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. There was a significant overlap in the concerns raised across all the sessions; for example, mental health impacts of COVID-19 were raised in relation to experiences of violence, racism, job losses, income insecurity, and digital inclusion. The key issues raised also affected different sub-groups of migrant and refugee women differently; for example, experiences with digital inclusion varied significantly between young and older migrant women. The overarching finding from the national consultation is that the concerns faced by migrant and refugee women in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. Therefore, any solutions to these issues should be holistic and address all areas of migrant and refugee women ’s lives. At the same time, varying experiences based on different social locations and needs of individuals and sub-groups within the migrant and refugee women’s cohort should be taken into account. Despite the focus of our consultations on the negative impacts of COVID-19 on migrant and refugee women’s lives, we heard innumerable heartening stories of resilience, innovation, and leadership demonstrated by migrant and refugee women to help themselves and their communities in the face of adversity. Some examples include groups of women preparing and delivering food to those in lockdown/quarantine; using food delivery as a way of checking on other women’s wellbeing and safety and discretely providing information about domestic and family violence services; those with digital literacy and access helping other women with small home-based businesses transition to online trading; and women leading information campaigns about the virus and other related issues within their communities. Moving forward, migrant and refugee women’s leadership and innovation should be seen as a key resource to draw upon to enable equitable recovery from the pandemic. This report presents key issues faced by migrant and refugee women in the context of the pandemic, their resilience and leadership in dealing with the impacts of COVID-19, and essential considerations for policy responses to ensure equitable outcomes for migrant and refugee women in the recovery process. (From the document). Record #7489
650 _aATTITUDES
_970
650 _aCOVID-19
_98949
650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9203
650 _aECONOMIC ASPECTS
_9213
650 _aEMPLOYMENT
_9227
650 _aFAMILY VIOLENCE
_9252
650 _aHELP SEEKING
_95453
650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 _aMENTAL HEALTH
_9377
650 _aMIGRANTS
_9385
650 _aPANDEMICS
_98950
650 _aRACISM
_93087
650 _aREFUGEES
_9492
650 _aRESILIENCE
_94571
650 4 _aSOCIAL SERVICES
_9555
650 4 _aSUPPORT SERVICES
_9591
651 _aINTERNATIONAL
_93624
651 4 _aAUSTRALIA
_92597
710 _aHarmony Alliance
_910118
856 _uhttps://harmonyalliance.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HA-Membership-Forum-Report.pdf
_zDownload report, PDF, 1.7 MB
856 _uhttps://harmonyalliance.org.au/
_zAccess Harmony Alliance website
942 _2ddc
_cREPORT