This is a recent evaluation of a program that provided legal assistance to Aboriginal women leaving custody to obtain housing in NSW. The report identifies the importance of housing to […]

This article seeks to paint the contemporary picture of Indigenous women in custody in Australia. In particular, the article presents and analyses the most recent data available on prisoner numbers, […]

Warringa Baiya is a facility that specialised in providing legal information, advice, casework, education and advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children who are, or have been, […]

Indigenous people repeatedly state that they do not want white people to tell their stories for them, but within Australia’s legal system, where non-Indigenous lawyers are in the majority, it […]

This article looks at the prevalence and nature of self-reported violence against Aboriginal women in the ten provinces.

It is now two decades since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (‘RCIADIC’) delivered its final report, which documented the substantial overrepresentation of Indigenous people in prisons and […]

When compared with other women in Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are considered the most socially and economically disadvantaged and have the poorest health status. As research on […]

This report is a literature review on Indigenous women’s offending patterns. To date, research in this area has been limited and the report therefore provides an important contribution to growing […]

This paper presents a brief overview of the key diversion programs for Indigenous women currently in operation in Australia, with reference to relevant developments in New Zealand and Canada. It […]

This report brings together five years of research related to missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada by the Native Women?s Association of Canada (NWAC). The purpose of […]