ࡱ> SUR%` #bjbj"x"x 8<@@+xxxxxxx8<L$/||4/6/6/6/6/6/6/$U1h3|Z/xwwwZ/xxo/ w|xx4/ w4/ (,hxx-p 0>7p, //0/,|94c94 -94x- 3Z/Z/c |/wwwwd xxxxxx Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Eighth Session New York, 18 May 29 May 2009 Agenda Item 3 (b): Indigenous Women JOINT STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF National Native Title Council (NNTC) Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) Marninwarntikura Womens Resource Centre New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner National Indigenous Higher Education Network (NIHEN) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Womens Legal and Advocacy Service Aboriginal Corporation (ATSIWLAS) Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) Bullana, The Poche Centre for Indigenous Health National Indigenous Youth Movement of Australia (NIYMA) Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Inc Indigenous Peoples Organisation Network Youth Delegation  Madam Chairperson, this Intervention is presented on behalf of Australian Caucus of Non-Government Organisations: Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Womens Legal & Advocacy Service Foundation for Aboriginal & islander Research Action (FAIRA) Indigenous Peoples Organisation Network Youth Delegation Marninwartikura Womens Resource Centre National Indigenous Higher Education Network (NIHEN) National Native Title Council Ltd (NNTC) New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) Office of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Indigenous women across the globe continue to suffer multiple violations affecting their physical, emotional, social well being and enjoyment of basic human rights. The nature and extent of these violations is often compounded by the discrimination suffered due to the intersection of ethnicity/race and gender. Australian Indigenous womens denial of justice is mirrored by the history of injustice experienced by Indigenous populations worldwide. In most, if not all countries that have been colonised this social disadvantage began as a result of the racism that was brought by the colonising nation. This racism continues today in many States and the worst offender of racism is Government itself. Indigenous women have been denied an existence comparable to that enjoyed by their non Indigenous counterparts, especially in relation to the disproportionate rates to which we suffer: violence poverty entering the criminal justice system poor health and lack of political standing/participation in the broader society It is acknowledged that in many States three fundamental services are denied to Indigenous women: Social and Family Violence Prevention Legal Services - these services may have differing names in various countries throughout the world. In Australia, they are generally provided to assist Indigenous women escape family violence and access redress through the legal system by means of a discreet Indigenous women's legal service. Services must be offered in a culturally inclusive and accessible manner focusing on: Intervention in the cycle of social and family violence and sexual assault, promoting changes in behaviour of individuals and the community; Lowering or eliminating the prevalence of social and family violence inIndigenouscommunities, and Being accessible and culturally appropriate and victim sensitive toIndigenous women. Whilst any approach by the UNPFII must be based on the human rights principle of non-discrimination, it must be based upon recognition that formal protection of those significantly disadvantaged such as Indigenous women should have approaches that ensure specifically focused access to services and justice. Legal Aid - accessing legal aid is a basic human right however in many States this is denied to Indigenous women because they have no collective voice to express their concerns about disadvantage. Funding for Indigenous legal aid is well below mainstream legal aid or even non-existent in many States. This has resulted in appalling incarceration rates for Indigenous peoples as a percentage of the main non-Indigenous population. In Australia Indigenous legal aid has remained static since 1996 whilst non-Indigenous legal aid has increased over 120% for the same period. Indigenous service providers world wide are disadvantaged like those in Australia. Indigenous women's incarceration is significantly disproportionate to their percentage of the general population. Indigenous women find non-Indigenous service providers including legal aid, unwelcoming and Governments have a responsibility to ensure these Indigenous service providers are resourced properly in compliance with the UN Declaration on Human Rights, CERD, CEDAW and now the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Aid to Members of Indigenous peoples forcibly removed from families and communities due to racial or genocide policies of Government - in many States genocide policies were introduced to breed out the Indigenous populations. States did this through deliberate policies of removal of children from their families and communities and placed these children in white foster care or adoption agencies. The removal of these children by Government Policy denied basic human rights to Indigenous peoples and in particular our women who were abused by foster parents and adoption agencies. They were placed into a life of servitude and a denial of basic human dignity and robbed of their Indigenous heritage and culture. States have a fiduciary duty of care of these children of which 50% were girl child. Numerous courts throughout the world have found such policies and practices of removal of Indigenous children a breach of basic human rights and should therefore compensate these Indigenous women appropriately. Many Nations, and sadly including Australia,continue to deny access to justice for these Indigenous peoples by refusing to fund access to justice legal cases, or to pay appropriate compensation in contravention of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Article 2(3)(1). The above three examples of denying access to justice for Indigenous women denies them of their basic rights to access to services and suitable compensation for the harm caused by forced removal. Recommendations: We the Australian Caucus members recommend that this UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues support the following: All States must cease polices and practices that deny Indigenous women access to services including social and family violence prevention, legal aid and compensation for past wrongs committed by the State; All States must fund Indigenous specific services to assist Indigenous women to access social and family violence prevention legal services, legal aid and compensation schemes for those Indigenous women forcibly removed from family and community; All States should implement suitable compensation schemes for Indigenous women forcibly removed from family and community. These schemes should be developed inpartnership with Indigenousorganisations such as Indigenous Womens advocacy groups.      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