- 06 Aug 2021 08:40
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The Australian Institute of Family Studies has estimated that up to 90 per cent of sexual abuse in these communities is under-reported.
A police operation in the Pilbara identified that many people did not report child abuse because they believed child sex abuse was part of Aboriginal culture and that teenage pregnancy was a norm.
The facilitation of contraceptive implants in girls as young as 11 or 12 when requested by a parent or guardian resident in these communities or recommended by a health worker is not uncommon.
"Men are having sex with children, young girls, young boys ... It's a tragic situation because the children lie awake at night, waiting for it to happen to them, just lie there, waiting. They know it's coming for them, because it’s happened to everybody."
- quote from Pam Greer, Aboriginal activist in the area of Aboriginal family violence, 2007
It is estimated that about one in four girls is subject to abuse, and one in nine boys.
Reality of Aboriginal child abuse far worse | The West Australian
https://thewest.com.au/news/reality-of- ... -ya-103684
The crown prosecutor for central Australia, Nanette Rogers, in a report exposed widespread rape and violent death in Aboriginal camps. She said Aboriginal children, including babies as young as seven months, were being raped by community members, with these crimes often going unreported and few cases reaching trial.
She cited an example from 2003 where a man raped a seven-month-old baby girl whom he had taken from a room of sleeping adults. In the morning, the baby's mother noticed blood on her clothes but was too drunk to register what had happened.
Another case, a two-year-old girl who required surgery after being sexually abused by a young man. Her mother and father had been drunk at the time of the assault.
A 12-year-old girl who was taken from her community, tied to a tree for several weeks and repeatedly raped. She eventually became pregnant and gave birth.
Report reveals abuse epidemic in Aboriginal communities (irishtimes.com)
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/report- ... -1.1004610
Child sexual abuse is widespread in Australia's Aboriginal communities where a "river of grog" (alcohol) is destroying indigenous society, leaving children vulnerable to sexual abuse, said a government-sanctioned report.
Australia’s 460,000 Aborigines make up about 2 percent of the country’s 20 million population. They are consistently the nation’s most disadvantaged group, with far higher rates of unemployment, alcohol and drug abuse, and domestic violence.
Aboriginal child sex abuse widespread in Australia | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aust ... 5420070615
A police operation in the Pilbara identified that many people did not report child abuse because they believed child sex abuse was part of Aboriginal culture and that teenage pregnancy was a norm.
The facilitation of contraceptive implants in girls as young as 11 or 12 when requested by a parent or guardian resident in these communities or recommended by a health worker is not uncommon.
"Men are having sex with children, young girls, young boys ... It's a tragic situation because the children lie awake at night, waiting for it to happen to them, just lie there, waiting. They know it's coming for them, because it’s happened to everybody."
- quote from Pam Greer, Aboriginal activist in the area of Aboriginal family violence, 2007
It is estimated that about one in four girls is subject to abuse, and one in nine boys.
Reality of Aboriginal child abuse far worse | The West Australian
https://thewest.com.au/news/reality-of- ... -ya-103684
The crown prosecutor for central Australia, Nanette Rogers, in a report exposed widespread rape and violent death in Aboriginal camps. She said Aboriginal children, including babies as young as seven months, were being raped by community members, with these crimes often going unreported and few cases reaching trial.
She cited an example from 2003 where a man raped a seven-month-old baby girl whom he had taken from a room of sleeping adults. In the morning, the baby's mother noticed blood on her clothes but was too drunk to register what had happened.
Another case, a two-year-old girl who required surgery after being sexually abused by a young man. Her mother and father had been drunk at the time of the assault.
A 12-year-old girl who was taken from her community, tied to a tree for several weeks and repeatedly raped. She eventually became pregnant and gave birth.
Report reveals abuse epidemic in Aboriginal communities (irishtimes.com)
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/report- ... -1.1004610
Child sexual abuse is widespread in Australia's Aboriginal communities where a "river of grog" (alcohol) is destroying indigenous society, leaving children vulnerable to sexual abuse, said a government-sanctioned report.
Australia’s 460,000 Aborigines make up about 2 percent of the country’s 20 million population. They are consistently the nation’s most disadvantaged group, with far higher rates of unemployment, alcohol and drug abuse, and domestic violence.
Aboriginal child sex abuse widespread in Australia | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aust ... 5420070615
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