IMPORTANT:

This website is not a legal service for victims/survivors of child sexual abuse from CALD communities. If you would like to take legal action you will need to contact lawyers and police.

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

You can gain further important information about child sexual abuse from the Royal Commission website, including the National Redress Scheme. This was funded by the Australian federal government and conducted in 2013–2017.

Other Resources

Child sexual abuse is a complex issue, intersecting with other issues. Researchers and organisations in Australia and internationally have developed resources to help understand this complexity better. Links to some of these are provided below.

• Sawrikar, P. (2017). Working with ethnic minorities and across cultures in Western child protection systems. UK: Routledge. (See below for more information).

• True Relationships and Reproductive Health, Queensland.

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Dr Nadine Burke Harris.

• Caring for Family with Mental Illness, Victorian Transcultural Mental Health.

• Refugee Health Network, Queensland.

Universities, Child Protection Departments, and NGOs use this book for teaching, practice, and policy about cultural diversity and child safety.

“This comprehensive work is relevant to any academic readers of social work practice where cultural knowledge, policy and practices are vital components in decision making. It is coherently structured, and behoves practitioners to work on a subjective ‘case by case’ child centred and family-focused basis. It is scholarly work, with child welfare at heart. It interweaves theory and practice in a balanced critical way but is also very accessible to the reader who may have faced similar cultural dilemmas. Whilst any discourse on this topic can be politically sensitive, and controversial, the author argues that ignoring differences between human groups in favour of notions of commonality does not always provide equity in cultural safety. This stimulating book is highly recommended for social work practice but also opens up a more general reflective debate about the need for social change and empowerment of all citizens.”

(Freeman, Pam. Journal of Social Work, 2019, 19(1), 165–167).