Two inquiries of recent times came with myriad recommendations to save Indigenous lives from domestic violence, but few have been acted upon.
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All of us have lost loved ones. Each of us know First Nations women and children who have been murdered and disappeared. This inquiry was welcome – but its recommendations fall far short of justice.
To First Nations women, ‘care’ is more broad and all-encompassing than traditional definitions. We need a new approach to capturing, and appreciating, their work, paid and unpaid.
Improving the intercommunity mobility of First Nation Peoples is a road to more inclusive and safer futures. This calls for recognizing Indigenous agency and sovereignty when developing solutions.
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Co-Founder and Managing Director of Her Story, lead on U Right Sis? project, Indigenous Knowledge
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Honorary Associate Professor, CAEPR, Australian National University
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Co-coordinator of the Tangentyere Youth Safety Group, and Northern Territory Aboriginal Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence Advisory Group, Indigenous Knowledge
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Co-coordinator of Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group, Indigenous Knowledge
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Associate Professor, Indigenous Education & Research Centre, James Cook University
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Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, University of Lethbridge
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Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, The University of Queensland