08 Mar Migrant Women find independence & more rights in Australia
An overwhelming majority of women migrants find life in Australia ‘better’ than in their home countries and believe they have more rights than at home.
Most say they have more opportunities here than at home and are more financially independent and overwhelmingly they say they have more control over their daily lives here in Australia and believe men and women should have equal access to opportunity.
The survey of 140 new women migrants and refugees from non- English speaking countries, commissioned by refugee and migrant settlement agency AMES Australia, also found that migrant women in Australia have more access to a child care, driving a car and political and religious activity.