This is a project of:


Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition

 

The Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition (VIRWC) is the peak representative advocacy body for immigrant and refugee women in the state. The VIRWC is affiliated with national and international women’s networks whose goals are to empower women to become ‘change agents’ of society.

For more information about the VIRWC,
please visit our website www.virwc.org.au,
email us at virwc@virwc.org.au
or ring us on (03) 9654 1243.

 

Funded by the City of Melbourne’s 2010 Community Cultural Development Arts Grant Program

 

Supported by

Project Update

Female international students tell stories in a video documentary

 

”Lost in Transition, Mate!” was very well received, followed by great comments from local and international students, education institutes and other organisations.

The video was screened in many different places, including a presentation in Sydney and at the La Trobe Refugee Research Centre Postgraduate Seminar. Increasingly, other states and territories are noticing the availability of this piece of work, which is really the first of its kind in Australia in so far as female international students are concerned.

The video boxes are a total success, being looped every couple of months to different locations around Melbourne. Please visit this website for location updates.

And as requested by many, VIRWC is also planning to sell copies of the “Lost in Transition, Mate!”. If you are interested please contact VIRWC on 03 9654 1243 or email virwc@virwc.org.au

Opinion articles and media reports about the project.

http://www.meldmagazine.com.au/news/lost-in-transition-mate.html
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http://www.theage.com.au/national/freedom-at-high-price-for-students-20100329-r8ay.html

http://epaper.mailtoday.in/Details.aspx?boxid=224433796&id=35139&issuedate=842010

http://www.ptinews.com/news/587813_Indian-dentist-in-Aus-shares-her-struggle-in-a-video

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/61090/indian-dentist-aus-shares-her.html

http://international.zeenews.com/inner1.asp?aid=206741&sid=HEL

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article329066.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/09/stories/2010020959721200.htm

http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20100330/1248/twl-indian-dentist-in-aus-shares-her-str.html

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/indiangirlcansozstruggles/597709/

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indiandentistinaussharesherstruggleinvideo/597644/2

http://twitter.com/OnlyMelbourne/statuses/10296309627

http://www2b.abc.net.au/EventCentral/View/event.aspx?p=2&e=2500936