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Stolen Generations survivors face poorer health and wellbeing outcomes than other Indigenous Australians

By J Pope
In Aboriginal Health
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 02 Jun 2021 More than 27,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 years and over in 2018–19 were survivors of the Stolen Generations, according to new estimates in a report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The report, commissioned by the Healing Foundation, finds that Stolen Generations survivors aged 50 and over...

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Auckland Sexual Health Service ‘lacks resources’ to fight syphilis outbreak

By J Pope
In Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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Stuff NZ, By Stephen Forbes / 09:10, Nov 12 2020 Auckland Sexual Health Service’s Dr Sunita Azariah says a lack of resources is hampering its ability to contact trace and control the spread of syphilis. And according to Azariah, in areas like south Auckland it is growing due to poverty and poor access to healthcare. According to the Ministry of Health in New Zealand syphilis has been...

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The Experience of International Students Before and During COVID-19: Housing, work, study, and wellbeing

By J Pope
In Multicultural communities, Young people
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 University of Technology Sydney, Australian Research Council study (DP190101073), International students’ experience of renting accommodation in Australia is a crucial but overlooked determinant of their wellbeing, which has been brought into stark relief by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report is based on two surveys of international students in the private rental sector (PRS). The...

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How the ‘National Cabinet of Whores’ is leading Australia’s coronavirus response for sex workers

By J Pope
In Sex Work
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Roxana Diamond in The Conversation, August 7, 2020 12.31pm AEST This article has links that contain graphic content Many industries and employees have been hurt by COVID-19. But sex workers, who face stigma and discrimination at the best of times, have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. The United Nations has warned, As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, sex workers all over the world...

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COVID-19 Impact and Response for Sex Workers

By J Pope
In Sex Work
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Scarlet Alliance, 2020 STATEMENT OF IMPACT Sex workers throughout Australia have been devastatingly hit by the impact of coronavirus. As a workforce, sex workers are predominantly a mixture of precarious workers and the self-employed, being independent contractors who work in or for sex industry businesses, or sole traders who work independently for themselves. As such sex workers are...

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Intersex people and COVID-19

By J Pope
In Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues
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Intersex Human Rights Australia, 12 April 2020
COVID-19 can infect any individual, irrespective of age or health but its impact exacerbates existing inequalities. All populations that suffer health inequalities are disproportionately affected, and people with intersex variations are no exception.
Current health is determined to some extent by biological factors.

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