Cultural awareness
Alternative labels
Cultural sensitivity
Culture awareness
Journal article
Bias crime policing: 'The Graveyard Shift'
Bias crime is crime that is motivated by prejudice or bias towards an attribute of the victim, such as race, religion or sexuality. Police have been criticised for failing to take bias crime seriously, and there is a pressing need to understand the reasons for this failure. This article presents the results of the first...
Guide
How to report on violence against women and their children
These guidelines provide practical tips for reporters, editors and news directors on how best to present information in stories where violence is gendered. The guidelines also aim to provide journalists with a deeper understanding of the complexities of violence perpetrated against women who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; and against women from other...
Strategy
Australian Government action plan for the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
This Australian Government strategy document includes actions to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages from across its departments and agencies. These actions are grouped under the Australian Government's interpretation of the UNESCO International Year of Indigenous Languages themes.
Strategy
AHCSA strategic direction 2019-2024
The Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia (AHCSA) board and staff have developed AHCSA’s strategic direction for the 2019 to 2024 period and this document was officially launched at AHCSA on 7 March 2019. AHCSA strategic direction will be achieved through the development of the AHCSA organisational plan, the AHCSA community engagement plan and the...
Video
Vicki Couzens: Preserving Indigenous language in the 21st century
Dr Vicki Couzens spoke at ANZSOG's Reimagining Public Administration conference on February 20, as part of the 'Year of Indigenous languages’ plenary. The plenary was particularly poignant given 2019 is the United Nations Year of Indigenous Languages. “Our language is scarce so we are revitalising it. We're having to re-dream and reinterpret our languages back...