Ngukurr school video
View this five-minute music video made by students from the Ngukurr School in Katherine. It promotes respect for women, for culture and for kinship groups and to break the silence about violence against women and girls.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
Respectful relationships education
Providing respectful relationships education (RRE) to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students requires understanding appropriate community protocols. Adaptation of RRE resources is recommended to ensure cultural safety for students of all ages.
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Examples of local practice
Strong healthy proud and safe
An evidence based approach to sexual health and relationships education in remote far-north Queensland schools.
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Resources for Yolngu women and girls
Supporting understanding of sexual health and reproduction.
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Borroloola - We Alright
This page explores the impact of a school-wide program that seeks to enable Aboriginal students to become “double culture people”, proud and knowledgeable in their own culture/s and adept in the codes of Western culture and curriculum.
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Videos
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and community
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students discuss what they are looking for in a school-based relationships/sexuality education program.
Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
A Victorian Aboriginal community member outlines strategies for effective delivery of a school-based relationships/sexuality education program.
Parents and carers talk about sexuality education
Parents from culturally diverse communities and an Aboriginal parent talk about what is important to each of them in terms of a sexuality and relationship education program.
Research and evidence
These reports describe some of the barriers to changing behaviours and attitudes with sections pertaining to Aboriginal men and women.
Reducing violence against women and children
Why is there resistance to combatting violence against women? Who is likely to be impacted by this challenge?
Our Watch: Respectful Relationships Education
The Our Watch Respectful Relationships Education Hub provides professional learning and teaching resources for schools to promote gender equality and create an Australia free from violence.
Changing the picture
A national resource to support the prevention of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their children.
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