The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) is the peak advocacy organisation for ethnic and multicultural groups in Victoria. Our policy briefs provide succinct information about key findings from our consultations which range from direct community submissions as well as our own roundtable discussions and forums. This roundtable multicultural community consultation was part one of...

In a bid to draw attention to the often overlooked health-related issues affecting men from culturally and linguistically diverse communities (CALD), the ECCV Health Policy Sub-committee decided that its main focus would be on this in 2014. A roundtable discussion, ‘Men’s health matter because men matter’, was conducted on 4 September 2014. Male participants of...

This submission is informed by several roundtables and community consultations on family violence and elder abuse ECCV has conducted since 2012. These consultations included representatives from ethno-specific family violence services, ethno-specific family and children services, ethno-specific aged care providers, ethno-specific senior groups and representatives from local government. ECCV conducted a roundtable on men’s health from...

Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV) is a peak advocacy organisation for Victorian ethnic and multicultural groups. ECCV has identified intergenerational issues as some of the settlement challenges and impacts of migration and displacement on families. ECCV conducted two Roundtable Discussions on intergenerational relationships in new and emerging communities in Carlton and Footscray in May...

The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) is the voice of Multicultural Victoria. It is a member driven organization with a statewide leadership role in lobbying all levels of government on behalf of multicultural communities in areas such as employment, education, health, disability, child protection, justice and culture. The full rollout of the National Disability...