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"Public hearings have officially commenced into the
Senate Committee Inquiry
into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children. The inquiry has found
“Murder rates for Indigenous women are eight times higher than for their
non-Indigenous counterparts”. This came as no surprise to many of us who have
worked in this field for a long time.
In fact, these numbers are likely to be higher when they include manslaughter
rates. The rate at which women are murdered in Australia over time (2005-06 to
2019-20) have been declining. But according to the Homocide Report Australia
2019 -20, report, this sadly is not the case for Indigenous women.
When women are murdered in Australia, there is understandable outrage, displays
of grief and moments of reflection in our parliament.
However, there is often silence in the media and in public discussion about the
violence Indigenous women experience, as Indigenous studies Professor Bronwyn
Carlson has discussed.
This inquiry has the potential to provide voice to the Indigenous women and
children we have lost and continue to lose to violence, as well as ending the
silence that follows."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
