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  Babana
Aboriginal Men's Group Newsletter
Babana News is the official Newsletter of the Babana Aboriginal Men's Group
Inc., and is produced in the main as an e-letter. Check out their MySpace page here. Click on the following links to download the newsletter from August 2008, February 2009, April 2009, June 2009 and November 2009.
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NSW Aboriginal Men's Health page
There is some background on the NSW Aboriginal Men's Project on the site as well as some great information about:
- Starting Aboriginal Men's Groups;
- Group (self) evaluation;
- Possible funding resources for Aboriginal Men's Groups;
- Resources for developing projects.
There is also other information pertaining to Aboriginal Men's Health.
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 Indigenous men are the solution not the problem, says expert
Despite headlines of violent behaviour in Australian towns, most men, including Indigenous males are caring members of society, says an expert in men's health at the University of Western Sydney. Professor John Macdonald, co-director of the Men's Health Information and Research Centre believes the current debate on violence in Indigenous communities is too narrow.
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 Root causes of Aboriginal disadvantage
In response to an article published in The Australian on 23rd May 2006, Indigenous historian, Vicki Grieves wrote a Letter to the Editor which comments on the "root causes" of Aboriginal disadvantage: "A first step to disclose the "root causes" would be to give Aboriginal men the dignity of identifying the factors that contribute to their wellbeing rather than speak for them." (The article which Vicki Grieves is responding to can be found at Keith Windschuttle's website at: www.sydneyline.com ).
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Ending Family Violence Program
This paper deals with a program developed specifically for Indigenous Offenders in the area of Domestic and Family Violence related offending. The aim of the use of the program is to divert offenders in this category away from violent offending through a culturally appropriate offender intervention program. The aim of this process is to allow offenders to stay in the community whilst working on rehabilitating themselves with a view to an end to violent offending in the future, resulting in a safe environment for the family
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Extract from a film about (some) Aboriginal men's Groups in NSW available on YouTube here.
4th National Men's And Boys' Health Conference and 2nd National Indigenous Men's Health Convention September, 2001