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PACE (Participate, Advocate, Communicate, Engage) Leadership Program

This program supports Victorian migrant and refugee women, gender diverse and non-binary people leaders to recognise and embrace leadership in ways that build on their existing strengths.

The PACE (Participate, Advocate, Communicate, Engage) Leadership Program builds on migrant women’s knowledge and experiences to take the lead in their lives, work and community.

Delivered by the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH), the program aims to encourage migrant women to access leadership opportunities, and to collectively advocate for better conditions for migrant women to be leaders.

The PACE program helps participants learn how to be a confident leaders and is based on four guiding principles. These aim to increase migrant and refugee women’s capacity to:

  • Participate in the workforce, civic and community life
  • Advocate on issues impacting their community
  • Communicate leadership qualities and skills
  • Engage with issues and others in the community for the purposes of providing ongoing support to other migrant and refugee women.

This program will support participants to:

  • Gain confidence in yourself
  • Participate in your community
  • Improve communication skills
  • Advocate on issues that matter to you
  • Become a leader in your life and community

Participant requirements

Participants must:

  • be a migrant and refugee woman or non-binary and gender diverse person living in Victoria
  • have lived in Australia for less than 5 years
  • be currently seeking employment or volunteering.

For a full list of requirements visit the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health website.

Program structure

The program will build participants’ confidence and skills in public speaking, teamwork and leadership through:

  • two 5-day PACE Leadership programs
  • two FAST PACE workshops

It will also provide ongoing support and capacity-building opportunities through workshops, informal mentoring, networking events, referrals to local services and information through:

  • three PACE Network activities
  • two PACE Hub activities
  • monthly newsletters

The program activities will be delivered both online and in-person.

For more information

For more information about the program and the application process visit the

The PACE Leadership Program is a joint-partnership program by:

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