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Index:
1. Government
2. Reports & Research
3. Health Professionals
4. General Women’s Health
5. FGM
6. Breast Health
7. Contraception
8. Cervical Health
9. Menstrual Health
10. Sport
2. Reports & Research
Health Issues Centre: www.healthissuescentre.org.au
 Reproductive health for resettling refugee and migrant women?:
http://www.healthissuescentre.org.au/documents/detail.chtml?filename_num=20671
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Multicultural Centre for Women's Health: http://www.mcwh.com.au/
 Knowing Her Better - A Research Report and Training Manual About NESB Women’s
Sexual & Reproductive Health (2000): The immigrant/refugee experience has specific
ramifications for immigrant women’s wellbeing. The Health System can exacerbate
existing health problems, but perhaps even more damning, create others of its own.
Focusing on sexual and reproductive health, this Report and its complementary
Training Manual are invaluable resources for health professionals working with
immigrant women.
3. Health Professionals
Women's Health West: www.whwest.org.au
 What is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)?:
www.whwest.org.au/docs/FS_FGM_2009.pdf
NSW Refugee Health Service: www.sswahs.nsw.gov.au
 Health care of refugee women, Costa D (2007), Australian Family Physician, vol
36(3).
 Refugee Women:
http://www.sswahs.nsw.gov.au/sswahs/refugee/pdf/FS5_women.pdf
Royal Women’s Hospital Translated Information:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/MultilingualFactSheets (nil in Dinka or Sudanese)
Multicultural Centre for Women's Health(MCWH): www.mcwh.com.au
 Points of Departure Project (POD) The Points of Departure Project (POD) is a MCWH
special project which seeks to build knowledge and capacity of NGOs and individuals
to advocate on key health issues affecting immigrant and refugee women.
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WOMEN’S HEALTH
1. Government
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Knowing Her Better: A Research Report and Training Manual About NESB
Women’s Sexual & Reproductive Health (2000)
Three D: A Preliminary Report on Sexual and Occupational Health of NESB
Women with Disabilities (1999)
The MCWH Resource Collection Topics Lists: Information in Your Language
(in 68 languages including English – no Dinka – on topics such as Women’s Health,
General Health, Occupational Health & Safety and Social Health):
http://www.mcwh.com.au/resources/catalogue.php
4. General Women’s Health
WOMEN’S HEALTH
Family Planning NSW: www.fpnsw.org.au
Family Planning NSW has Factsheets in 16 community languages (including Dinka). These
provide essential information on such topics as contraception, sexually transmissible
infections and menstruation: http://www.fpnsw.org.au/index_nes.html
Royal Women’s Hospital: www.thewomens.org.au
 Health information fact sheets are translated in up to 16 community languages and
checked for cultural accuracy and sensitivity.
Topics include Breast Conditions,
Contraception, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Pregnancy & Birth, Gynaecology
Surgery, Endometriosis & Breastfeeding.
www.thewomens.org.au/MultilingualFactSheets#SitemapListAnchor_A
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service: www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au
 Pelvic Floor Exercise
 Ultrasound examination preparation
 Why you should know about thalassaemia
 Women and HIV. Fact Sheet – Pregnancy
 Women and HIV. Fact sheet 6 – Parenting
Royal Women’s Hospital: www.thewomens.org.au
 Health information fact sheets are translated in up to 16 community languages and
checked for cultural accuracy and sensitivity.
Topics include Breast Conditions,
Contraception, Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss, Pregnancy & Birth, Gynaecology
Surgery, Endometriosis & Breastfeeding.
www.thewomens.org.au/MultilingualFactSheets#SitemapListAnchor_A
Jean Hailes Foundation: www.jeanhailes.org.au
A range of fact sheets have been developed by the Foundation, and some of these have been
translated into 17 languages (including English & Arabic).
5. FGM
NSW Refugee Health Service: www.sswahs.nsw.gov.au
 Female Genital Mutilation: Information for Australian health professionals. Royal
Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1997)
 36(3).
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/
 Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Booklet:
http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/publications/pdfs/FGM-booklet-sept2001.pdf
 Female
Genital
Mutilation/Cutting
College
Statement:
http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/publications/statements/C-gyn1.pdf
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Better Health Channel: www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
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Female genital mutilation:
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Female_genital_muti
lation?open
Victorian Department of Health - Family & Reproductive Rights Education
Program (FARREP): http://www.health.vic.gov.au/vwhp/farrep.htm
 Interim guidelines for the Family and Reproductive Rights Education Program
 Contact list for Family and Reproductive Rights Education Program agencies
Women's Health West: http://www.whwest.org.au/community/african.php
 What is Female Genital Mutilation?:
http://www.whwest.org.au/docs/FS_FGM_2009.pdf
The Royal Women’s Hospital: www.thewomens.org.au
 Family and Reproductive Rights Education Program (farrep):
http://www.thewomens.org.au/FamilyandReproductiveRightsEducationProgramFARR
EP
 Violence against women: management and referral options:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/ViolenceAgainstWomenManagementandReferralOptio
ns
 Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/FemaleGenitalMutilationCutting
 Female Genital Mutilation – maternity:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/FemaleGenitalMutilationMaternity
 Clinical Practice Guidelines Female Genital Mutilation – maternity:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/FemaleGenitalMutilationFGMClinicalManagement
 Female genital mutilation cpg: references:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/FemaleGenitalMutilationCPGReferences
 FGM Fact Sheet for Health Professionals
 FGM Fact Sheet: What does Victorian law say about Female Genital
Mutilation?
 Understanding FGM / Cutting
 Steps in providing clinical care:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/Stepsinprovidingclinicalcare
 Counselling concerning deinfibulation and resuturing:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/Counsellingconcerningdeinfibulationandresuturing
 Caesarean section issues for women affected by fgm:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/CaesareansectionissuesforwomenaffectedbyFGM
 Streamlined clinical care pathways for women affected by fgm:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/StreamlinedclinicalcarepathwaysforwomenaffectedbyF
GM
 Role of fgm liaison officers:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/RoleofFGMLiaisonOfficers
 Community based supports:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/CommunityBasedSupports
 Fgm teaching case study: http://www.thewomens.org.au/FGMTeachingCaseStudy
 Fgm working with interpreters:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/FGMWorkingwithInterpreters
 Resources for clinical practice:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/ResourcesforClinicalPractice
 FGM Publications: http://www.thewomens.org.au/FGMPublications
 Fgm websites and online resources:
http://www.thewomens.org.au/FGMWebsitesandOnlineResources
 Female circumcision: deinfibulation procedure information (information for
women in English, Amharic, Arabic, Somali, Tigrinia):
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WOMEN’S HEALTH
United Nations Population Fund: www.unfpa.org
 Frequently Asked Questions on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting:
http://www.unfpa.org/gender/practices2.htm
http://www.thewomens.org.au/FemalecircumcisionDeinfibulationprocedureinformatio
n
WOMEN’S HEALTH
UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/index.php
 Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting:
http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_genitalmutilation.html
World Health Organization: www.who.int
 Female genital mutilation and other harmful practices:
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/en/index.html
 Female genital mutilation and other harmful practices - Publications:
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/en/index.html
Advocacy:
o Global strategy to stop health-care providers from performing female genital
mutilation
o Eliminating female genital mutilation (available in Arabic, English, French &
Portuguese)
o Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: WHO collaborative
prospective study in six African countries
o Female genital mutilation—new knowledge spurs optimism
o Reproductive health strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment
of international development goals and targets
o Platform for Action towards the abandonment of female genital
mutiliation/cutting (FGM/C)
o Female genital mutilation: a handbook for frontline workers
Clinical Guides:
o Management of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the
presence of female genital mutilation
o Female genital mutilation: integrating the prevention and the management of
the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
o Female genital mutilation: integrating the prevention and the management of
the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
Evidence:
o Men’s and women’s perceptions of the relationship between female genital
mutilation and women’s sexuality in three communities in Egypt
o Dynamics of decision-making and change in the practice of female genital
mutilation in the Gambia and Senegal
o Estimating the obstetric costs of female genital mutilation in six African
countries
o Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: WHO collaborative
prospective study in six African countries
o A Systematic review of the health complications of female genital mutilation
including sequelae in childbirth
Monitoring and evaluation:
o Measuring sexual health: conceptual and practical considerations and related
indicators
o Numbers of women circumcised in Africa: the production of a total
Policy and programmatic issues:
o Measuring sexual health: conceptual and practical considerations and related
indicators
o Global strategy to stop health-care providers from performing female genital
mutilation
o Effects of female genital mutilation on childbirth in Africa
o Eliminating female genital mutilation
o Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: WHO collaborative
prospective study in six African countries
o Reproductive health strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment
of international development goals and targets
o Female genital mutilation: the prevention and the management of the health
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complications. Policy guidelines for nurses and midwives
Female genital mutilation: a handbook for frontline workers
Female genital mutilation: programmes to date: what works and what
doesn't. A review
WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF and UNIFEM response letter to American Academy of
Pediatrics policy statement on "Ritual genital cutting of female minors
Poster - Trained health professionals who perform FGM are violating girls' and
women's rights to life and health.
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6. Breast Health
BreastScreen Victoria: www.breastscreen.org.au
Two BreastScreen Victoria publications are translated into 12 community languages:
http://www.breastscreen.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=
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 Is BreastScreen for you?
 The early detection of breast cancer - what can I do?
7. Contraception
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service: www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au
 Anyone can get condoms: Safe sex. No regrets
 Contraception: Condoms and Diaphragms
 Emergency Contraception
Family Planning NSW: www.fpnsw.org.au
Family Planning NSW has Factsheets in 16 community languages (including Dinka). These
provide essential information on such topics as contraception, sexually transmissible
infections and menstruation: http://www.fpnsw.org.au/index_nes.html
 Diaphragms Factsheet - in Dinka
 Emergency Contraception Factsheet - in Dinka
 The Contraceptive Implant Factsheet - in Dinka
 The Contraceptive Injection (DMPA) Factsheet - in Dinka
 The Contraceptive Pill Factsheet - in Dinka
 The Copper IUD Factsheet - in Dinka
 The Male Condom Factsheet - in Dinka
 The Minipill or Progestogen-Only Pill (POP) Factsheet - in Dinka
 The Progestogen IUD Factsheet - in Dinka
 The Vaginal Ring (NuvaRing®) Factsheet - in Dinka
8. Cervical Health
National Cervical Screening Program: http://www.cmy.net.au/
 When did you last have a Pap smear (translated into 35 languages including English
& Dinka)
http://www.cancerscreening.gov.au/internet/screening/publishing.nsf/Content/Cervic
al-resources-menu?OpenDocument&CATEGORY=6Resources+in+Other+Languages3&SUBMIT=Search
PapScreen victoria: http://www.cmy.net.au/
 Spreading the Word: Cervical Cancer Prevention - New resources recently
developed by PapScreen Victoria.
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WOMEN’S HEALTH
NSW Refugee Health Service: www.sswahs.nsw.gov.au
 Breast Care Awareness Project: http://www.sswahs.nsw.gov.au/sswahs/refugee/
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Flip chart: Spreading the Word - Cervical Cancer Prevention: an educational
flipchart useful for health workers to discuss cervical cancer prevention
For further information contact: Hiranthi Perera, Community Programs Project Officer
on (03) 9635 5147
9. Menstrual Health
Family Planning NSW: www.fpnsw.org.au
Family Planning NSW has Factsheets in 16 community languages (including Dinka). These
provide essential information on such topics as contraception, sexually transmissible
infections and menstruation: http://www.fpnsw.org.au/index_nes.html
 Menstruation (Periods) Factsheet - in Dinka
WOMEN’S HEALTH
10. Sport
Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues: http://www.cmy.net.au/
 Women: Get Active in Sport & Recreation Practical tip sheet for women on how to
get active in sport. Includes: How should I start? Where to find out more about sport
and recreation; and Hints for maintaining physical activity. PDFs available in:
Amharic; Arabic; Dari; English; Somali; Tigrinya;
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