Poor sleep deprives First Nations people of the chance to connect with culture. So they co-designed a sleep apnoea program they’d actually use.
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The Darwin woodland is home to endangered species and important for the Larrakia people. The development approval requires habitat offsets – yet the minister herself has publicly doubted offsets work.
Ramadan is a time for prayer, charity and kindness to others. Having it celebrated in such a public way is empowering for Muslim communities across the country and beyond.
Addressing HIV stigma through utilising the Acholi’s own local cultural system is an empowering process that will position the role of the elders back into the community.
Saints’ relics, locks of hair, the laying of flowers: keeping the dead close took many forms in the past. We could learn from them today.
Despite high levels of knowledge and information, communities still adhere to cultural practices which endanger their children.
The decline in child marriages in Ethiopia is due to its rapidly changing social and economic environment.
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Young Lives Ethiopia Country Director, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor (Archaeology), University of South Africa
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of York
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Counselling Psychologist and Researcher, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor, Thompson Rivers University
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PhD Researcher in Architecture, University of Sheffield
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Larrakia Traditional Owner, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Pro Vice Chancellor (Health and Medical Science) & Director of the Raine Study (rainestudy.org.au), The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
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Senior Project Officer, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland
