Readings & Resources
Annotated Bibliography (Regional)
Selections from Indigenous Children: Rights and Reality - A Report on Indigenous Children and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
Global • Asia • Africa • Pacific • North America & Europe • Latin America
Pacific
Secretariate of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care. Indigenous Parenting Project: Main Report. Australia: SNAICC, 2004.
This report is the product of a multifaceted study that aims to support the development of new parenting programs and policies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The study included a literature review, an audit of existing programs, a stakeholders’ survey, and a number of consultations, focus groups and workshops. Findings are reported and analysed, and a number of recommendations are made.
Available online: www.snaicc.asn.au/publications
Mellor, Doreen; Anna Haebich; Ed. Many Voices: Reflections on Experiences of Indigenous Child Separation. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2002.
This book came out of the Australia’s National Inquiry into the policy of removing of Indigenous children from their families (the main report is entitled “Bringing Them Home”). It is based on the oral testimonials of child separation survivors collected during the inquiry process.
Other information and documents from the Inquiry:
www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/stolen_children
Second Māori Taskforce on Whānau Violence. Transforming Whānau Violence – A Conceptual Framework. Second Edition, Updated Report. September 2004.
This final report from New Zealand’s Second Māori Taskforce on Whānau Violence outlines a Māori perspective for understanding and ending violence within Māori families and communities. The framework emphasizes the role of colonialism in driving violence, and advocates the promotion of a number of principles from the traditional Māori worldview as an effective therapeutic model geared towards prevention.
Available online: www.tpk.govt.nz/publications/docs/whanau_violence.pdf
Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa (ACYA). Children and Youth in Aotearoa 2003: The Second Non-Governmental Organisations’ report from Aoteoroa New Zealand to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Wellington, New Zealand: March 2003.
This independent community report on New Zealand’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child was submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of New Zealand’s monitoring and reporting process. It pays close attention to the rights of Maori and Pacific Indigenous children and youth throughout the report, and has special sections focusing on their situation. Concerns about other vulnerable groups (e.g. refugees, children with disabilities) and thematic issues (health, education, labour) are also addressed.
Available online: www.acya.org.nz