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Recommendations From Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations to Mainstream Inquiries on Family Violence: It's Time to Act

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This article examines recommendations from Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) in submissions to Australian federal parliamentary inquiries that considered family violence. Our findings outline commonalities in what these organisations recommended under four themes, and show how these themes all centre self-determination. In so doing, we explore how ACCOs craft demands for structural change that emphasise the inseparability of First Nations women's experiences from the experiences of First Nations peoples more broadly. We highlight that these demands are not new but align with long-standing calls from First Nations women and communities made over many years for action on these demands.

Source: Violence Against Women

DOI: 10.1177/10778012261484115

Authors: Samantha O’Donnell, Heather Douglas, Kyllie Cripps

Institutions: The University of Melbourne, Monash University

Language: English

Topic: Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,650