From journal articles to Quick Guides and webinars, you will find tools and information to support.
This International Journal of Play Therapy article by two Deakin University researchers explores how to create a culturally appropriate play therapy program for Australian Aboriginal children, families and communities. The findings highlight important factors, such as organisational practices, location and environment in ensuring a culturally responsive practice.
The Department of Home Affairs has released a new report reviewing the Multicultural Framework. The framework aims to bring about generational reform that will necessitate a collaborative effort from government and community to help Australia fully realise its potential as a multicultural country. The report offers 29 recommendations and proposes a roadmap for a multicultural framework.
This report from the Wales Centre for Public Policy and the Resourceful Communities Partnership details what makes multisector collaboration effective and reports on ten factors that support multisector collaboration, such as strengthening communities. The report also offers a Framework for Action which details actions, examples, success factors and the resources required.
This rapid review was carried out over a couple of months by the six members of a Rapid Review Expert Panel. As its name implies, the Panel has reviewed current approaches to preventing domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia, with a strong focus on the unmet needs of children and young people, experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children, and communities which experience marginalisation.
This Australian Human Rights Commission review explores urgent opportunities for reform within Australia’s child justice system, grounded in children’s rights and the latest evidence. Highlighting the voices of children, their families, and key stakeholders, the report reminds us that early intervention and addressing unmet needs are critical to preventing children’s involvement in the justice system.
This ANROWS-funded study by researchers from Monash and Griffith Universities examines the intersection of different types of child maltreatment and their association with young people’s use of violence in the home. The most common experiences of maltreatment were domestic violence, with cisgender females more likely to experience all four types of child maltreatment. These findings point to the need for education about the impacts of child maltreatment and primary prevention strategies to address risk factors across individuals, communities and society.
This Trauma, Violence and Abuse scoping review, undertaken by researchers from the University of Melbourne, looks at the domestic and family violence (DFV) experiences of children and families from culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) migrant backgrounds, and how DFV services respond to their needs. The review found that children and families from CARM backgrounds feel fear and distrust when engaging with DFV services and offers suggestions for an intersectional approach.
This report from The Children’s Policy Centre focuses on children growing up in the context of poverty in two communities in Australia. The research was conducted using a rights-based, child-centred approach with one of the key emerging themes highlighting how material deprivation is a core component of children’s experiences of poverty. The report highlights key themes in the experience of poverty for children and opportunities to enact change.
This report from Plan International and CNN As Equals highlights the harm young women and girls face online, how they protect themselves, and the role that technology companies, government, and local communities play in keeping them safe. The report gathered responses from young women and girls (13-24 years old) through surveys and focus groups about their experiences, with 75 percent indicating that they had harmful online experiences.
