CINDY SHANNON PRO VICE CHANCELLOR (INDIGENOUS EDUCATION) Barriers to Women Work and Education.
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Transcript of CINDY SHANNON PRO VICE CHANCELLOR (INDIGENOUS EDUCATION) Barriers to Women Work and Education.
CINDY SHANNON
PRO VICE CHANCELLOR (INDIGENOUS EDUCATION)
Barriers to Women Work and Education
‘White Apron, Black Hands’
Map of Australia by remoteness
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES(a) – Indigenous Regions with largest counts ABS 2011
CRICOS Provider No 00025B
Indigenous Region Number % of total Indigenous population
Brisbane 53271 9.7
NSW Central and North Coast
52319 9.5
Sydney – Wolloongong 52171 9.5
Perth 25534 4.7
Cairns – Atherton 23466 4.3
Townsville – Mackay 22538 4.1
Adelaide 20761 3.8
Riverina – Orange 20172 3.7
Victoria (excluding Melbourne)
20122 3.7
Tasmania 19546 3.6
Australia 548370 2.5
Education Deficit of Indigenous QLD Students
From `A Shared Challenge: Improving literacy, numeracy and science learning in Queensland Primary Schools. Geoff N. Masters, Australian Council for Education Research 2009’
Unemployment Rate by Indigenous status by sex and age group (ABS 2006)
Health outcomes
Aboriginal women – across many health indicators – are faring worse than the Indigenous population as a whole: More likely to have at least one long term
condition More likely to have several chronic diseases More likely to have high or very high
psychological distress More likely to rate their own health as fair or
poor
Indigenous people as carersCarers Australia
12.4% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population are carers, compared to 10.5% of the non-Indigenous Australian population
there is likely to be under-reporting of the caring role amongst Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders due to lack of carer self-identification.
There has been an increase in Indigenous Australians identifying as carers from 32,581 in 2006 to 45,328 in 2011
The average age of Indigenous Australian carers was 37 years; 12 years less than the average age of non-Indigenous Australian carers. This may reflect higher birth rates at younger ages and earlier onset of many chronic diseases for Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australian carers were between one-and-a half and three times as likely as non-Indigenous carers to need assistance with self-care, mobility and/or communication
Incarceration rates
Indigenous women severely overrepresented
34% increase between 2002 and 2006 compared to a 22% increase for Indigenous men
Indigenous women 23 times more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous women, while Indigenous men are 16 times more likely than non-Indigenous men
HREOC 2008
Other issues for consideration
StereotypesOrganisational cultureInstitutional racismTeenage pregnancyBurnout and premature promotionOpportunity and aspiration