1. CINDY SHANNON PRO VICE CHANCELLOR (INDIGENOUS EDUCATION) Barriers to Women Work and Education

2. ‘White Apron, Black Hands’

3. Map of Australia by remoteness

4. ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES(a) – Indigenous Regions with largest counts ABS 2011 CRICOS Provider No 00025B Indigenous RegionNumber% of total Indigenous population Brisbane532719.7 NSW Central and North Coast523199.5 Sydney – Wolloongong521719.5 Perth255344.7 Cairns – Atherton234664.3 Townsville – Mackay225384.1 Adelaide207613.8 Riverina – Orange201723.7 Victoria (excluding Melbourne)201223.7 Tasmania195463.6 Australia5483702.5

5. Education Deficit of Indigenous QLD Students From `A Shared Challenge: Improving literacy, numeracy and science learning in Queensland Primary Schools. Geoff N. Masters, Australian Council for Education Research 2009’

6. Unemployment Rate by Indigenous status by sex and age group ( ABS 2006)

7. Health outcomes Aboriginal women – across many health indicators – are faring worse than the Indigenous population as a whole:  More likely to have at least one long term condition  More likely to have several chronic diseases  More likely to have high or very high psychological distress  More likely to rate their own health as fair or poor

8. Indigenous people as carers Carers Australia 12.4% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population are carers, compared to 10.5% of the non-Indigenous Australian population there is likely to be under-reporting of the caring role amongst Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders due to lack of carer self-identification. There has been an increase in Indigenous Australians identifying as carers from 32,581 in 2006 to 45,328 in 2011 The average age of Indigenous Australian carers was 37 years; 12 years less than the average age of non-Indigenous Australian carers. This may reflect higher birth rates at younger ages and earlier onset of many chronic diseases for Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australian carers were between one-and-a half and three times as likely as non-Indigenous carers to need assistance with self-care, mobility and/or communication

9. Incarceration rates Indigenous women severely overrepresented 34% increase between 2002 and 2006 compared to a 22% increase for Indigenous men Indigenous women 23 times more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous women, while Indigenous men are 16 times more likely than non-Indigenous men HREOC 2008

10. Other issues for consideration Stereotypes Organisational culture Institutional racism Teenage pregnancy Burnout and premature promotion Opportunity and aspiration