When Victorian sisters Hamida and Fatemah Samar heard about the forced marriage and subsequent murder of 21-year-old Ruqia Haidari, it brought back traumatising memories. Ms Tuna said she has helped a number of Australian women escape forced marriage over eight years as a community advocate. Listening to the younger generation Ms Tuna said helping women escape from forced marriage required …
As the State machinery works overtime to fish out bodies and track down the ones missing in the devastating landslides in Mundakkai and Chooralmala in Wayanad, migrant workers, a large community engaged by the plantations, farming and hospitality sectors in the affected areas, are in danger of going largely unaccounted for. While discrimination against migrant community is unlikely during the …
Political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the government to reserve two seats in the assembly for the Kashmiri migrant community and said this will empower it politically. The Lok Sabha has passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, which seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one representing the displaced …
Regional community leaders say the answer to the nation's workforce shortage is already available — employers just aren't looking in the right places. Key points: Two Ballarat programs are helping employers change their hiring approaches Ballarat Regional Tourism is partnering with Ballarat Regional Multicultural Centre to employ people from the migrant community More than 7 per cent of City of …
