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"Today marks 17 years since the apology to Australia’s Indigenous peoples for
the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their
families between the mid-1800s and 1970s.
Yet, communities and researchers are concerned that child protection systems
are creating “another stolen generation” and a “crisis in infant removals”.
Statistics tell us Indigenous children are 11 times more likely to be removed
by child protection systems than non-Indigenous children. Indigenous babies
aged under one are at greatest risk.
But beyond the data, what do parents tell us about this experience?
Our recent study reviewed all the studies available about child protection
processes in the perinatal period (during pregnancy and the year following
birth) in Australia and across the world.
We looked at parents’ experiences across the board, with a special interest in
whether First Nations families had been included in existing research."
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
