First Nations women earn one third less than Australian men
First Nations women have the largest gender pay gap in Australia, according to new workforce data released today. First Nations women earn on average 35% less than average Australian male workers, the Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) report found. The pay gap for First Nations women was also almost 10 percentage points greater than for […]
Strength-based cultural care improves health outcomes for Aboriginal mothers and babies
Aboriginal women have been mothering for more than 65,000 years, yet there is still a vast underrepresentation of Aboriginal health clinicians in the perinatal sector. This has run-on effects, with Aboriginal mothers struggling to find culturally safe healthcare during the most crucial years of their babies’ lives. Bridgette Kelly and Trish Ratajczak from Murdoch University’s Ngangk […]
Birthing on Country: Improving Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander infant and maternal health
Nyoongar woman and midwife Valerie Ah Chee started her midwifery training aged 41. It followed the birth of her youngest son Raphael who was her most complex at 28+4 days. He weighed 1,650gms and was in NICU for eight weeks. He was really tiny compared to his brothers. It started me on a journey of […]