U Right Sis? Empowering First Nations Women to Identify and Respond to Technology-facilitated Abuse
Tracks
Ballroom 1
| Tuesday, November 28, 2023 |
| 1:40 PM - 2:10 PM |
Overview
Chay Brown & Kayla Glynn-Braun
Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation
Speaker
Dr Chay Brown
PARt Project Lead
Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation
U Right Sis? Empowering First Nations Women to Identify and Respond to Technology-facilitated Abuse
Abstract
U Right Sis? works in nine remote communities to prevent technology-facilitated abuse in Central Australia. U Right Sis? has four central aims:
1. To increase digital literacy to enhance online safety for Aboriginal women
2. To challenge attitudes and beliefs which dismiss or condone technology facilitated abuse
3. To raise awareness of technology-facilitated abusive behaviours so that frontline services, Aboriginal women, and communities are better able to identify, support, and respond. This includes aim of building an understanding among both community members and services of the law in relation to technology facilitated abuse.
4. To promote healthy relationships, and challenge ‘jealousing’ as an acceptable behaviour
To achieve these aims, U Right Sis? uses a community-development and place-based approach to design, produce and disseminate primary prevention messaging and resources with First Nations communities. U Right Sis? resources increase digital literacy so that Aboriginal women can keep themselves safe online, and through the co-design of these resources, raises awareness of technology-facilitated abuse. U Right Sis? empowers First Nations women with the skills and knowledge necessary to identify and respond to technology-facilitated abuse, particularly within remote settings. U Right Sis? resources include culturally appropriate images and messaging which depict healthy relationships, and challenge jealousing on a variety of platforms.
U Right Sis? monitoring and evaluation shows promising signs of success, especially in relation to increasing knowledge and awareness of technology-facilitated abuse and available support services.
This presentation will showcase the U Right Sis? approach and present findings from its baseline evaluation report, which highlights clear directions for work in First Nations communities to address technology-facilitated abuse.
1. To increase digital literacy to enhance online safety for Aboriginal women
2. To challenge attitudes and beliefs which dismiss or condone technology facilitated abuse
3. To raise awareness of technology-facilitated abusive behaviours so that frontline services, Aboriginal women, and communities are better able to identify, support, and respond. This includes aim of building an understanding among both community members and services of the law in relation to technology facilitated abuse.
4. To promote healthy relationships, and challenge ‘jealousing’ as an acceptable behaviour
To achieve these aims, U Right Sis? uses a community-development and place-based approach to design, produce and disseminate primary prevention messaging and resources with First Nations communities. U Right Sis? resources increase digital literacy so that Aboriginal women can keep themselves safe online, and through the co-design of these resources, raises awareness of technology-facilitated abuse. U Right Sis? empowers First Nations women with the skills and knowledge necessary to identify and respond to technology-facilitated abuse, particularly within remote settings. U Right Sis? resources include culturally appropriate images and messaging which depict healthy relationships, and challenge jealousing on a variety of platforms.
U Right Sis? monitoring and evaluation shows promising signs of success, especially in relation to increasing knowledge and awareness of technology-facilitated abuse and available support services.
This presentation will showcase the U Right Sis? approach and present findings from its baseline evaluation report, which highlights clear directions for work in First Nations communities to address technology-facilitated abuse.
Biography
Chay Brown works closely with Aboriginal women’s groups in the Northern Territory to prevent family violence. Chay has lived experience of domestic, family, and sexual violence and regularly speaks as a survivor-advocate to inform policy and program responses. Her doctoral research explored what works to prevent violence against women in the Northern Territory, which led to the development of a Northern Territory-specific violence prevention framework. Chay was the project lead on research exploring experiences of technology-facilitated abuse among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in regional and remote areas and of the ‘Rante rante ampe Marle and Urreye’ Research Report.
Mrs Kayla Glynn-braun
Project Coordinator And Co-facilitator
Project Coordinator At The Equality Institute
U Right Sis? Empowering First Nations Women to Identify and Respond to Technology-facilitated Abuse
Biography
Kayla Glynn-Braun is a proud First Nations Wiradjuri Woman from New South Wales and has lived in Australia’s Northern Territory for over a decade. Kayla has worked within the community and housing sector for over a decade and has worked in frontline services responding to domestic, family, and sexual violence. With a background in housing and social environments, Kayla has previously been involved in homelessness services, housing policy and systems, case management, and program management. Kayla is particularly passionate about the critical and urgent need for Australia to address violence perpetrated against First Nations women. Kayla has seen firsthand the impacts are on colonization on First Nation people and has lived experience with violence, poverty, the justice system, and colonization.
