Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

How To Give Your Kids Freedom In A Dangerous World  - Overprotective parenting has become a lifestyle for many families, as parents hover over their children in fear that they might get hurt. But kids also ...

Sex trafficking, slavery and forced marriage on the rise in Australia , say police  - Federal police are investigating a record number of human trafficking cases in Australia involving sex slavery, forced marriages and child brides.

Australian kids are at risk of poverty despite promising figures in the Global Financial Crisis  - An international report into child poverty in wealthy countries has found Australia's approach to the global economic downturn protected children from ...

Local communities rise to the forefront of global conservation practice (commentary)  - A few weeks ago, a remote aboriginal community in western Australia made headlines when it completed the establishment of an Indigenous  ...

New guide gives strategies to engage Indigenous men in health services  - Andrology Australia has developed a new Clinical Summary Guide for health professionals titled, “Engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men in primary care settings,” which details strategies for health services and encourages cultural competency training. Chair of Andrology Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men’s Health Working Group, Dr Mark Wenitong said there were many factors influencing health service access and help-seeking behaviour for Indigenous men, especially when it involved discussing sexual issues. 

Aboriginal deaths in custody bring focus to disturbing rate of imprisonment  - The deaths have once again shone a spotlight on the disturbing rates of Indigenous incarceration, especially in Western Australia , where one in every ...

Gay rights activist Rodney Croome named Tasmania's Australian of the Year  - The historian is one of the country's leading authorities on the history of Australia's indigenous people and was the first academic historian to ...

Calls for more recognition of Indigenous success  - There are calls for more recognition of Indigenous Australians ' successes and positive contributions to society in a bid to change negative perceptions.