Specialised support, advice and information on FGM/C is available from a variety of services in Australia for health professionals as well as individuals. Some of the services listed below can assist directly and others can provide referrals.
ACT
Women’s Health Service, Canberra Health Services
Location: Various locations
Contact: (02) 5124 1787
New South Wales
Multicultural Health
Location: Jacaranda House Building 57, Cumberland Hospital, 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta
Postal address: Locked Bag 7118, Parramatta CBD NSW 2124
Contact: (02) 8838 2173
Website: www.wslhd.health.nsw.gov.au
Northern Territory
Melaleuca Australia
Location: 24 McLachlan Street, Darwin, NT 0800
Contact: (08) 8985 3311
Queensland
True
Location: True has branches in Brisbane, Cairns, Cold Coast, Inala, Ipswich, Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba.
Contact: Culturally Responsive Health Team (07) 3250 0240
Website: https://www.true.org.au
Mater Refugee Health
Location: Level 2, Quarters Bldg, Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane, QLD 4101
Contact: (07) 3163 6355
Website: https://www.mater.org.au/health/services/refugee-health
South Australia
Women’s Health Service
Location: 21 Market Street Adelaide
Contact: Refugee Health Service (08) 8237 3900 or free call 1800 635 566
Website:
African Women’s Federation of South Australia
Location: 1 Brown Terrace, Salisbury, Adelaide, SA 5108
Contact: (08) 8166 6602
Website: www.awfosa.com
Facebook: facebook.com/awfosa
University of South Australia
Location: Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre | UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
City East Campus | Centenary Building | Room C4-37| North Terrace| Adelaide SA 5000
Contact: (08) 8302 2897
Website: https://www.unisa.edu.au/research/rbrc/
Website: https://www.unisa.edu.au/about-unisa/academic-units/clinical-and-health-sciences/
Tasmania
Bi-cultural Health, Australian Red Cross
Location: Red Cross has offices in Hobart, Bridgewater, Burnie and Mowbray
Contact: Community Health Worker (03) 6326 6025, tasbiculturalhealth@redcross.org.au
Website: https://www.redcross.org.au/about/how-we-help/migration-support/bi-cultural-health
Victoria
Victoria’s Family and Reproductive Rights Program (FARREP) provides specialised services, support and training on FGM/C across the State via a network of services listed below.
- Banyule Community Health
Phone: (03) 9450 2063
Website: https://bchs.org.au
- Cohealth – Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9411 4333
Website: https://www.cohealth.org.au/locations/collingwood/ - Cohealth – Kensington
Phone: (03) 8378 1642
Website: https://www.cohealth.org.au/services/kensington-medical-centre/ - Darebin Council Youth Services
Phone: (03) 8470 8001
Website: http://www.darebin.vic.gov.au/en/Darebin-Living/Community-support/Youth-Services - Mercy Hospital for Women
Phone: (03) 8458 4150
Website: https://health-services.mercyhealth.com.au/our-locations/mercy-hospital-women/ - Monash Health, Dandenong
Phone: (03) 9594 6666
Website: https://monashhealth.org/about-us/monash-health-sites/hospitals-and-major-sites/dandenong/ - Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health
Phone: (03) 9418 0913
Website: https://www.mcwh.com.au/ - Royal Women’s Hospital
Phone: (03) 8345 3058
Website: https://www.thewomens.org.au/ - Women’s Health in the North
Phone: (03) 9484 1666
Website: https://www.whin.org.au/ - Women’s Health in the West
Phone: (03) 9689 9588
Website: https://whwest.org.au/
Western Australia
King Edward Hospital
Location: 374 Bagot Rd Subiaco
Contact: (08) 6458 1557
Website: https://www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/