Aboriginal Self-harm

WGAR News: Aboriginal suicide rates: A compilation by Jens Korff of Creative Spirits

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:29:20 +0000

Newsletter date: 18 November 2014

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WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

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Keywords:

Aboriginal suicide rates

Depression and suicide prevention

Kimberley suicide rate

Professor Pat Dudgeon

AProfessor Roz Walker

Suicide trends in WA - an urgent call to action

Redneck agenda to close down communities

suicide takes more lives than war

WGAR News: The Elders' Report into Preventing Indigenous Self-harm & Youth Suicide

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:15:21 +0000

Newsletter date: 18 April 2014

Contents:

* The Elders' Report into Preventing Indigenous Self-harm & Youth Suicide
* Culture is Life Campaign: Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide
* Petition: Be Part of the Healing: Indigenous Youth Suicide Must End
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Elders across Australia say Governments need to listen to them on how to address youth suicide
* Audio regarding the Elders' Report [Includes 2SER, The Stringer on SoundCloud, NIRS, SBS News on SoundCloud & ABC]
* Video regarding the Elders' Report [Includes SBS & ABC]

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WGAR News: CAAMA interviews Marianne Mackay about Aboriginal children in care of the state in WA

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 05:06:08 +0000

Newsletter date: 9 October 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia's Aboriginal suicide epidemic - Whose child will be the next to die?
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* CAAMA's Lorena Walker interviews Marianne Mackay about Aboriginal children who are in care of the state in WA
* Background to 'Keeping Them Home': Campaign against Forced Aboriginal Adoption in the NT

* The Wire: A culturally safe health system for everyone [Featuring Dr Tammy Kimpton, President of AIDA]

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New South Wales

Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: World Suicide Prevention Day and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 04:26:44 +0000

Newsletter date: 15 September 2013

Contents:

* Melissa Sweet, Croakey - the Crikey health blog: How can Croakey readers contribute to efforts to prevent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicides?
* NACCHO Aboriginal Health news: Today is World Suicide Prevention Day
* CAAMA Radio: World Suicide Prevention Day...
* NACCHO RU OK News: Indigenous youth leading the way in suicide prevention
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Hopelessness in suicide riddled communities
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

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Australia

Northern Territory

WGAR News: Culture Is Life campaign - Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:13:08 +0000

Newsletter date: 14 August 2013

Contents:

* Culture Is Life: Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide [Launch of new campaign]
* YouTube: Culture Is Life Campaign video
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia's Aboriginal children - The world's highest suicide rate
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* The Wire: Indigenous children dominate out-of-home care [Featuring Frank Hytten, CEO of SNAICC and Rachel Siewert, Greens Senator]

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criminal justice system

suicide