NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence, Locked Bag 7118, Parramatta BC, NSW 2150, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013 Aug 22;10(9):3818-33. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10093818.
Child Sexual Assault (CSA) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is a complex issue that cannot be understood in isolation from the ongoing impacts of colonial invasion, genocide, assimilation, institutionalised racism and severe socio-economic deprivation. Service responses to CSA are often experienced as racist, culturally, financially and/or geographically inaccessible. A two-day forum, National Yarn Up: Sharing the Wisdoms and Challenges of Young People and Sexual Abuse, was convened by sexual assault services to identify the main practice and policy concerns regarding working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people (C&YP), families and communities in the context of CSA. The forum also aimed to explore how services can become more accountable and better engaged with the communities they are designed to support. The forum was attended by eighty invited Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal youth sexual assault managers and workers representing both "victim" and "those who sexually harm others" services. In keeping with Aboriginal Community-Based Research methods forum participants largely directed discussions and contributed to the analysis of key themes and recommendations reported in this article. The need for sexual assault services to prioritise cultural safety by meaningfully integrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worldviews emerged as a key recommendation. It was also identified that collaboration between "victims" and "those who sexually harm" services are essential given Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander C&YP who sexually harm others may have also been victims of sexual assault or physical violence and intergenerational trauma. By working with the whole family and community, a collaborative approach is more likely than the current service model to develop cultural safety and thus increase the accessibility of sexual assault services.
儿童性侵犯（CSA）在原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民社区是一个复杂的问题，不能孤立于殖民入侵、种族灭绝、同化、制度化种族主义和严重的社会经济贫困的持续影响之外来理解。对 CSA 的服务反应通常被体验为种族主义、文化上、经济上和/或地理上无法接近。一个为期两天的论坛，即全国 Yarn Up：分享年轻人和性虐待的智慧和挑战，由性侵犯服务机构召集，目的是确定在 CSA 背景下与原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民儿童和年轻人（C&YP）、家庭和社区合作的主要实践和政策关注点。该论坛还旨在探讨服务机构如何变得更加负责，并更好地与他们旨在支持的社区联系。该论坛邀请了八十名原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民和非原住民青年性侵犯经理和工作人员参加，他们代表“受害者”和“那些性伤害他人”的服务。根据基于社区的原住民研究方法，论坛参与者主要指导讨论并为本文报告的关键主题和建议的分析做出贡献。性侵犯服务机构需要通过有意义地整合原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民的世界观来优先考虑文化安全，这是一个主要建议。还确定了“受害者”和“那些性伤害”服务之间的合作是必要的，因为那些性伤害他人的原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民 C&YP 可能也是性侵犯或身体暴力和代际创伤的受害者。通过与整个家庭和社区合作，协作方法比当前的服务模式更有可能发展文化安全，从而提高性侵犯服务的可及性。
