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Submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System
Supporting Victorians’ mental health and wellbeing is a complex issue. In listening to people with lived experience of mental illness, Jesuit Social Services understands how poor mental health can severely impact on an individual’s wellbeing across a wide range of areas including education and training, employment, family wellbeing, justice and crime. It is therefore critical…
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Federal Election 2022: Raising the age must be a priority of incoming Federal Government
Jesuit Social Services’ recently released Federal Election platform, A blueprint for a just recovery, builds on 45 years of advocacy and action, to outline our vision for a just society. In this third in a series of pre-Election blogs, we focus on fair justice systems.
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Helping Aboriginal children stay out of the justice system
For many 13-year-olds, life revolves around school, hanging out with friends, spending time with family and extracurricular activities like sport or learning a musical instrument. But that wasn’t the case for Sarah*, aged 13, when she was first referred to Jesuit Social Services’ Barreng Moorop program. Barreng Moorop is a small intensive case management program…
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Our impact Since The Men’s Project was established in 2017: We have surveyed over 2,000 men and boys through our Man Box research to understand perspectives on what it means to be a “real man” and the impact of stereotypical masculine norms on their lives. Our Man Box research findings have been shared with thousands of people with coverage in…
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Australia Day takes us back to our beginnings, beyond the arrival of the First Fleet, to the arrival of Captain Cook at Botany Bay. It also invites us to reflect on what happened later when the European settlers cultivated and developed this new land and encountered both Indigenous Australians and others different from themselves. We…
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International Women’s Day: How global reflection can lead to local understanding
International Women’s Day, like all such days, is an occasion for celebration. It celebrates the achievements of women both at home and around the globe. It also celebrates the freedom from oppressive and discriminatory conditions that women have won in so many societies: the right to vote, to choose a partner, and to have recourse…
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Justice Solutions tour blog – Neustrelitz Prison, Germany
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ CEO JULIE EDWARDS writes about her experiences in Germany, where youth justice systems prioritise education, rehabilitation and resettlement. Neustrelitz Youth Centre in Germany, where “prison is viewed as a last resort”. Image credit: Jugendanstalt Neustrelitz The general…
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Justice Solutions tour blog – Hameln Youth Justice Facility, Germany
As part of our ongoing blog series highlighting the learnings of our Justice Solutions tour, Jesuit Social Services’ CEO JULIE EDWARDS reflects on her visit to the Hameln Youth Justice Facility in Germany, where efforts are focused on the successful reintegration of young people back into the community. Hameln Youth Centre, Germany. Image credit: Jugendanstalt…
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NAIDOC Week – time to celebrate the strong women who have spoken truth to power in Australia
The theme of this year’s NAIDOC Week – Because of her, we can – is timely for all Australians and gives us an opportunity to celebrate the strong women who have spoken truth to power in Australia, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ. The origins of NAIDOC Week came out of a Day of Mourning for the destruction…