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Health funding crisis: NACCHO warns programs to be affected if States, Territories don't commit Aboriginal health programs across the nation are teetering on the
Dementia revealed as another threat: A breakthrough study has made the startling revelations that Aboriginal peoples are three times more likely to suffer dementia than
Tasmania’s Land Council claims nuclear proof land: The Tasmanian estate of an eccentric American seeking a haven from nuclear war has become the property of the State's
Macklin adds disability to the Closing the Gap targets: A new Closing the Gap target aimed at increasing access for services to First Nations people with a disability will
Health leaders call for more detail on Budget’s $777mill commitment: Two of Australia's leading health organisations have welcomed the $777 million commitment to Close the Gap initiatives in the 2013
Matagarup’s homeless declare: “we refuse to be swept away”: Noongar Tent Embassy members and the Last of the River People gathered in numbers alongside many of Perth's record Aboriginal
Broome police officers stood down over claims they bashed prisoner: Western Australia's police force continues to be rocked by one allegation after another of maltreatment by police officers of prisoners
Health Workers Forum proves a success: Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia (AHCSA) held its first SA Aboriginal Health Workers Forum for 2013 in Adelaide last
Giles defends his call for Aboriginal child adoptions: Northern Territory's Chief Minister Adam Giles has hit back at critics of his view that adoption could be the right
ABS reveals families forced to cope with 12 people per house : Statistics raise more questions about effectiveness of Jenny Macklin's $5 billion housing scheme The Federal Government's multi billion dollar housing scheme
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A Report on Aboriginal Women and Bias in the Western Australian Justice System

This is an account of the Sub-Committee on Aboriginal Women and the Law in the Taskforce which drafted a report into gender bias in the law and administration of justice in Western Australia in 1994. It looks into some of the recommendations for reform that could significantly reduce the many difficulties faced by Aboriginal women due to bias in the Western Australian legal system.

Djeetgun Kurnai Women's Aboriginal Corporation

An Aboriginal Women's Business and Training Centre operated by the Traditional Kurnai Women of Gippsland, Victoria.

National Women's Justice Coalition

 

A site which contains useful links to Indigenous women's legal concerns.

Women Writing: Views & Prospects 1975-1995

Jackie Huggins talks about her writing.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women : Australia

United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Descrimination Against Women: Australia.

Violence Against Aboriginal Women in Australia

Article by Penelope Andrews.

FaHCSIA Women

FaHCSIA helps to advance the status of women, through programs and services, and grants and funding for organisations providing services for women. The Office for Women has a key role in delivering services and in providing the principal focus of consultation between the women's sector and Government.

The Australian Women's Register

The Australian Women's Register is a rich and growing source of information about Australian women and their organisations.

Women With Disabilities Australia

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) was incorporated in 1995 and evolved from the National Women's Network within Disabled People's International Australia (DPIA), where it had been operating as an un-funded Network for some eight years.

Indigenous Women's Health

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' webpage on Indigenous women's health.

Aboriginal Women's Health Business Unit

The Aboriginal Women's Health Business Unit (AWHBU) provides support and advocacy to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who are patients of the Hospital and their families.

How Indigenous Women Can Take a Greater Leadership Role

An article written for the Indigenous Law Bulletin by Indigenous academic Jackie Huggins.

North Queensland Women's Legal Service Inc

The focus of the Indigenous Women's Unit is to develop and deliver services that are appropriate to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and responsive to their needs in relation to law and justice matters. Based in Townsville, QLD.

Missing/Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada

An interesting brief on a Canadian initiative to tackle violence against Aboriginal women. Brief by Beverley Jacobs and Andrew J.Williams for The Sixth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations held in June 2006.

Indigenous Women too Afraid to Seek Medical Treatment

An August 2006 ABC radio piece on the health system's treatment of Indigenous patients.

Security 4 Women (S4W)

S4W investigates the issues that impact on the lifelong economic well being of Australian women. Includes information for Indigenous women accessing employment and training.

Overcoming Barriers to Screening of Cervical and Breast Cancer in Indigenous Women

The Rural Health Education Foundation's program on the above issue. Also contains podcasts and a number of DVDs and Videos available for purchase.

Aboriginal Women's Heritage

Since 2003, OEH has produced a series of booklets describing the cultural attachment Aboriginal women have to their local landscape.

Aboriginal Women and the Canadian Justice System

A Canadian report on how the justice system deals with Canadian Aboriginal women.

EMILY’s List Australia

EMILY's List Australia is a national organisation aimed at getting more progressive Labor women elected to Parliament. The program has provided crucial support to women seeking election to government. EMILY's List has supported over 100 new women MPs into parliaments around Australia.

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