Strong Yolŋu Families - Booklet

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This book is a guide to inform and support non-Yolŋu practitioners in their work with Yolŋu people affected by family violence to work in ways that are culturally safe and socially accountable.

This booklet attempts to put forward a practical approach to working with family violence in Yolŋu communities by providing:

1. Background information about family violence and gurruṯu

2. A rationale for the gurruṯu-centred approach

3. Key practices or ways of working in a gurruṯu-centred approach

4. A glossary of Yolŋu matha words and terms

This book is a guide to inform and support non-Yolŋu practitioners in their work with Yolŋu people affected by family violence to work in ways that are culturally safe and socially accountable.

This booklet attempts to put forward a practical approach to working with family violence in Yolŋu communities by providing:

1. Background information about family violence and gurruṯu

2. A rationale for the gurruṯu-centred approach

3. Key practices or ways of working in a gurruṯu-centred approach

4. A glossary of Yolŋu matha words and terms