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Welcome to MYAN’s March e-News! It has been a busy start to 2025 and we have exciting updates and news to share with you.
From the MYAN team, we recently wrapped up the Office for Youth Forum in Canberra, started our FUSE 2025 workshops and held the official launch of the National Policy Alliance. We’ve also got opportunities to share on our brand new opportunities on our newly launched Bulletin Board, the new home for all opportunities from our network for young people.
It’s the final newsletter of the year – what a year it has been! In this newsletter, we have got a message from Carmel Guerra (MYAN’s Chair) and Rana Ebrahimi (MYAN’s National Manager) as we reflect on our 2024 impact and achievements based on our four key focus areas; Youth Leadership, Policy and Advocacy, Capability Building and Local and Global Partnerships. There’s no better way to start than to check it out!
Welcome to MYAN’s November e-news! What’s new, you ask? Well, for a start our yearly National Data Snapshot is ready, we have a new submission on youth justice, and we’ve got a brand new podcast!
Also, FUSE 2025 applications are closing soon; so send in your best pitch idea for a chance to have your voice heard by policymakers in Canberra. We’ve got a lot in store for you so keep an eye out on our socials and upcoming newsletters!
As always, thank you for your support.
From the MYAN Team💙
Welcome to MYAN’s September newsletter! We’ve got updates, opportunities and resources for you. We’re also introducing you to new members of the team!
We are also excited to announce that we have also just launched our new website! We’ve revamped it and think it’s looking very demure and mindful, and easy to navigate.
Welcome to MYAN’s August newsletter! We’re excited to introduce you our brand new Health Youth Advisory Group (YAG) members for 2024, and for updates on our policy and advocacy work and current opportunities for young people across Australia.
Children are dramatically over-represented among the world’s refugees. They make up less than one third of the global population, but more than 41 per cent among the world’s refugees.
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Media Releases
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The Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network Australia (MYAN) welcomes the Federal Government’s recently released Multicultural Framework Review. We commend the comprehensive and inclusive approach of the review, particularly the dedicated focus on young people from multicultural backgrounds. This focus is a significant step towards creating a society that values and uplifts the voices of our diverse youth.
Continued investment in youth settlement support welcome news…but where is the relief for multicultural young people who already call Australia home? Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network (MYAN) Australia Responds to the 2024 Australian Federal Budget.
Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network welcomes a diverse budget but more must be done to address cost of living for young people.
Australia’s Peak Body for refugee and migrant youth, MYAN welcomes a diverse budget that takes some positive steps to respond to the cost of living crisis, including a huge $5.7 billion investment in Medicare, and a much needed increase in rental assistance and income support (the most substantial indexation since the welfare measure was brought in in 1998).
MYAN is proud to share with our network our public support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart. We support the Statement’s recommendations calling for three fundamental changes of Voice, Treaty, and Truth, which includes calls for a First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution and a ‘Makarrata Commission’ to supervise a process of agreement-making and truth telling.
MYAN releases latest research report “Counting us in: MYAN report on the settlement experiences of LGBTQI+ refugee & asylum seeker young adults.”
With generous support from the Sidney Myer Fund and Pride Foundation Australia, MYAN recently undertook national research to capture the settlement experiences of young LGBTQI+ asylum seekers and refugees living in Australia.
MYAN, Australia’s peak body representing the rights and interests of young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds welcomes the life-changing and very much anticipated announcement that more than 19,000 refugees currently living in Australia on temporary visas can now apply for permanent protection.
This change will give them the same rights as all other permanent residents in Australia and enable a more positive transition to citizenship for young refugees.
News
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On Wednesday, 5 February 2025, the Office for Youth hosted the National Youth Forum in Canberra at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. The forum was a key initiative under the Australian Government’s new youth engagement strategy, Engage!, which aims to actively involve young people in shaping national policies and decisions.
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The Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network (MYAN) has taken a ground breaking step in shaping the future of youth policy advocacy with the official launch of the National Policy Alliance (NPA). Held on February 27 to 28, 2025, in Melbourne, Victoria, the two-day event brought together stakeholders, policymakers, and young leaders to address key migration and settlement issues affecting multicultural youth across Australia.
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Every year on the 19th-27th of March, we as a nation recognise the significance that this week holds, for all people who come from the four corners of the world. Multiculturalism is a core part of the Australian identity and our way of life. With this year’s theme being, “Connecting through culture” it is important to always recognise March 21st, as it paved the way for Cultural Diversity Week.
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On Friday 12th November, 2021 Australia’s Attorney’s-General supported developing a proposal to raise the age of criminal responsibility from the age of 10 to 12 years old. This is not a decision to raise the age to 12, this is simply a statement of support for “developing a proposal”.
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A welcome investment in women, mental health, and training but no long term plan for young people
MYAN welcomes the investment in women, increased support in mental health, extension to the JobTrainer program, and a significant commitment to new apprenticeships and traineeships. However, with no long term plan for young people in the Budget, we are concerned about a ‘lost generation’ of youth.
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Rana is the first Iranian woman to be a National Head of Office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iran. Over 20 years, her professional practice has grown to include building business strategies, setting the organisational vision, and leading mission-critical initiatives.
(more…)Webinars
Join us as we discuss with the FAIR Project team from University of Melbourne on how children and young people from culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) migrant backgrounds experience domestic and family violence.
Every year, when winter rolls around we hear everyone around us starting to feel under the weather. Falling sick is not fun and while some of us may only need some rest to get better, these illnesses can be quite serious for the more vulnerable members of our community.
In commemoration of the World Refugee Day, the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) Youth Working Group hosted a Refugee Youth Summit on 22nd June with the theme of “Nothing About Youth, Without Youth!”.
In this video, Meena shares her personal experience with receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
In this video, young individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds share their personal experiences and perspectives on COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots.
In this brief video, Dr. Nisha Khot, an obstetrician, addresses concerns about the potential for COVID-19 vaccines to cause complications during childbirth.