In previous posts we have looked at possible links between racism and sexual health. Here is one post if you want to have a look
I am hoping that Keven Rudds and Australias apology will be one step to overcoming the sexual health discrepancy between Aboriginal Australians and the rest of our community. Read through a brief version below and you can see ALL the sexual Health issues that we often talk about at SHineSA and particulalry in the SE&X course.
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Rudd Rox:
February 13, 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology
Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.
We reflect on their past mistreatment.
We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s history.
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.
We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.
We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country.
For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.
To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.
And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.
I am hoping that Keven Rudds and Australias apology will be one step to overcoming the sexual health discrepancy between Aboriginal Australians and the rest of our community. Read through a brief version below and you can see ALL the sexual Health issues that we often talk about at SHineSA and particulalry in the SE&X course.
Lud
Rudd Rox:
February 13, 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology
Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.
We reflect on their past mistreatment.
We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s history.
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.
We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.
We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country.
For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.
To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.
And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.
.......within a decade to halve the appalling gap in infant mortality rates between indigenous and non-indigenous children and, within a generation, to close the equally appalling 17-year life gap between indigenous and non-indigenous in overall life expectancy.
Lets get to it: Surely part of this closing the gap means real, comprehensive,meaningful sexual health and relationships education for all people.
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