[*] Child Protection Review - Discussion Paper
Sunday, 26 May 2002
In March 2002 the State Government announced a review into child protection in South Australia. Recent events had highlighted the need for an urgent, wide-ranging review of child protection legislation, services and practices. In South Australia, child protection reports to Department of Human Services have increased by 61% over the past five years adding considerable pressure on that agency's capacity to respond. [View]

It's still not my shame: adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse report
Monday, 20 May 2002
Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) has until relatively recently been largely a hidden crime. In early 2001, Women's Health Statewide (WHS) undertook the role of `Interim Lead Agency for Coordinating Collaborative Responses to Adults who had been Subjected to Child Sexual Abuse'. As part of this role, WHS identified the need to conduct research to explore the current service needs of adult survivors and the organisational needs of workers and managers in providing services to adult survivors. This project aimed to identify the current service needs of adult survivors of CSA and the organisational needs of workers and managers who provided services to adult survivors. [View]

[*] A qualitative investigation of the experiences, perceptions and understandings of people with a chronic condition
Monday, 13 May 2002
The study reported here is part of the North West Adelaide Health Study, an epidemiological population-based cohort study exploring chronic conditions in the north west region of Adelaide, South Australia. The report comprises a qualitative investigation of the experiences, perceptions and understandings of people with a chronic condition. [View]

[*] On the Scrap-Heap at 45: Report of Mature Aged Unemployment Research 2000-2001
Wednesday, 1 May 2002
Very few employers have policies regarding mature aged workers and most seem unaware of the implications of population ageing. This study of mature aged job seekers who need to find work found that they experience: age discrimination and stereotypes about older workers, problems with the job-search system, decay of skills, severe financial constraints (with implications for superannuation and long-term security), and serious human impacts such as loss of confidence, physical and emotional health problems, reduced quality of life, narrowed horizons, frustration, and problems with marital and family relationships. [View]

[*] Gender Politics, Policy and the Labor Party: An Academic Perspective
Wednesday, 1 May 2002
This paper explores the Australian Labour Party's past record on women's particpation in party politics as well as gender equity policy. The paper also raises some broad questions with regard to of the issues the ALP will face in the future. [View]

Individualised Service Delivery: exploring ideas and the challenges of implementation.
Friday, 5 May 2006, all day
Individualised service delivery: exploring ideas and the challenges of implementation [View]

The National Values Education Initiative: no justification required?
Friday, 5 May 2006, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
The Ethics Committee of South Australia professional practice research theme group presentations, Dr Sue Knight and Dr Carol Collins - The National Values Education Initiative: no justification required? While the DEST initiative in funding (generously) efforts to make Values Education a core part of Australian schooling is welcome, we argue that as it stands the required `common values' approach cannot succeed in developing students' capacity for sound moral judgement. And Dr Howard Harris - Issues in engineering ethics. Each presentation will take 15-20 minutes and be followed by a discussion. [View]

Women in Afghanistan today: hopes, achievements and challenges
Thursday, 27 April 2006, 6:15 pm
Speaker: Mariam Rawi, member of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) [View]

The impact of the US occupation on medical care in Iraq - stories from the front line
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 6:00 pm to 7:40 pm
Salam Ismael was the head of junior doctors in Baghdad before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. He treated casualties of the first siege of Fallujah in April 2004, and was one of the first independent observers to enter the city after it was destroyed by the US allied forces in November 2004. He is a founder of Doctors for Iraq (www.doctorsforiraq.org) which undertakes humanitarian work in occupied Iraq. [View]

[*] CANH "RESPECT" Conference 2006
Thursday, 25 May 2006 - Friday, 26 May 2006
Conference theme: `RESPECT' [View]