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Jail rates for Indigenous women soar as legal funding cuts loom  - Incarceration rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have soared 18% in the past year as the government moves to effectively cut funding to Indigenous legal and family violence prevention services. The Human Rights Law Centre’s senior lawyer, Ruth Barson, criticised Tony Abbott, who is spending a week in Arnhem Land, for not doing enough to prevent Indigenous women being jailed.

Indigenous women injured at 31 times the rate of non- Indigenous women  -  Indigenous Australian women are being hospitalised for assault injuries at 31 times the rate of non- Indigenous women, a report has revealed.

CQUniversity professor fights for indigenous women's rights  - Among the questions she'll be asking is why indigenous women did not often feature in discussions pertaining to women in Australia , when "they were ...

Pregnancy is twice as deadly for indigenous women  - The increased risk of death in indigenous mothers remains a major ... Australia's indigenous women are dying at more than twice the rate of other ...

Senate urges action for indigenous women - Female senators from all sides of politics have joined forces to call for federal leadership to tackle the over-imprisonment of indigenous women.

Jail rates for Indigenous women soar as legal funding cuts loom  - The rate of non- Indigenous women going to jail also increased, by 13%, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Catwalk program opens doors for indigenous women - Young Aboriginal women from the Goldfields are learning about confidence, self-esteem and leadership with the Goldfields Girl program over the next ...

Monarto house renovated to become drug and alcohol treatment centre for Indigenous women  - The Aboriginal Sobriety Group now needs funding to run a rehabilitation ... There is no specific service in South Australia to help Indigenous women ...

Australian sister recognised for work with indigenous women - Supporting indigenous women in a remote Australian island community is the topic of a talk being held here in Rome to mark International Women's Day on Thursday March 8 th . Australia's embassy to the Holy See is sponsoring the event and has invited a missionary sister who was recognized by the ...

Indigenous women learn political ways Six Indigenous women from the Northern Territory are in Canberra this week for a summit and will meet federal politicians as part of the conference program. The annual event, called Straight Talk, brings together Indigenous women from across Australia ...

Your baby or your safety: the terrible choice facing too many Indigenous women - That's it, the choice for some Indigenous women in Australia , says the chief executive of the Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service, ...

Menopause and the influence of culture: another gap for Indigenous Australian ... There is great variation in experience of menopause in women around the world. The purpose of this study was to review current understanding of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ( Indigenous ) women's experiences of menopause.

Domestic violence against indigenous women is everybody's problem   - The reality for indigenous women: for me, my tiddas, my aunties is that ... and a member of the Law Council of Australia's Indigenous Legal Issues  ...

More than 200 Indigenous women in business meet for Australian -first conference - Bancroft is one of the 180 business women taking part in an Australian -first meeting of like minds, with Indigenous businesswomen from across Australia and the Torres Strait gathering together to talk about doing business as an Indigenous woman. Indigenous Business Australia said the response to the ...

Midwife empowers Indigenous women through outback maternity photoshoots - A north-west Queensland midwife offering free maternity photoshoots for Indigenous women says the experience is a great confidence booster for the ...

Indigenous women from around the world trying to tackle domestic violence    - For the first time in Australia , Indigenous women from around the world are meeting this week, to talk about domestic violence in their ...

Centre for Indigenous victims of domestic violence being set up The centre, which was announced in January, will provide legal advice and representation for Indigenous people in the Perth metropolitan area. Relationships Australia and the Women's Law Centre of WA will jointly run the $600,000 a year service.

Improving maternity services for Indigenous women in Australia - The well established disparities in health outcomes between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australians include a significant and concerning higher ...

Indigenous runners now being recruited for 2012 NY marathon ... : Seven Indigenous men and four Indigenous women have recently returned from America where they ran the world famous foot race, the New York City Marathon. The women's team was the first ever Indigenous Australian women's team to ...

The indigenous women giving me cause to hope  - Should six of these candidates be successful in getting elected, Australia will hit population parity rates in Parliament for Indigenous people for the first ...