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Recently, we have witnessed an uprising of thousands marching in the streets fuelled by outrage against the violence and sexual assault experienced by women.
Indigenous women and gender diverse people also marched and shared this outrage. They empathise with other women who have been subject to violence and sexual assault. Such empathy and outrage at the horrific statistics of violence against Indigenous women and our children, however, is rarely reciprocated.
The alleged rape of Brittany Higgins and the violent deaths of Hannah Clark and her children resulted in public anger from women across the nation. And we should be outraged at these horrific crimes.
Three decades on, officials still under fire over Aboriginal deaths in custody
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Why was a sober, harmless man who had caused no injury to anyone locked up at all?
It was a question posed by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody when the inquiry examined the death of Yorta Yorta man Harrison Day, locked up in a police cell in Echuca in 1982. Left unchecked for three hours, he suffered an epileptic fit that killed him.
The same question posed by Commissioner Hal Wootten 30 years ago could be asked again in 2017. Tanya Day, Mr Day’s niece, hit her head in a police cell at Castlemaine and died in hospital. She had been arrested for public drunkenness after she was found intoxicated and sleeping peacefully on a V-Line train to Melbourne.
Women s advocacy leaders are urging the government to meet with First Nations communities, as Indigenous women continue to be more likely to experience violence and assault than their non-Indigenous counterparts.
Sandra Creamer, CEO of the National Aboriginal Women s Alliance urged Anne Ruston, the newly appointed minister for women s safety, to elevate and amplify Indigenous voices. We need to be at the table if we re not at the table, we re going to be a discussion on the table anyway. A lot of us have solutions that can benefit our women.
The National Aboriginal Women s Alliance CEO Sandra Creamer is urging the federal government to meet with Indigenous women and communities to tackle violence against women.
Adding a âWâ to everything will not protect and promote women
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Now that women are not important enough to have an actual Prime Minister they elected, the women of Australia will have to make do with a cadre within cabinet, led by the Prime Minister for Women Marise Payne, to manage their interests. Last week, the Prime Minister announced a taskforce on womenâs equality, safety, economic security, health and wellbeing, as if addressing those concerns was an innovation. Perhaps for this government.