Child neglect and social isolation

Posted by Jenni Colwill on 6 July 2009 | 0 Comments

Tags: Indigenous women, Australian women, social isolation, resilience, social inclusion, gambling, parenting

Social isolation has been identified as the cause of quite a few problems, not the least of which are problems faced by women. Some research undertaken by WIRE in 2007 linked women's social isolation and problem gambling. I thought of this research when I was reading Jenny Macklin's statement on the 'Wellbeing of Australia's Children' in which she paints a pretty dismal picture of how well we are looking after Australia's children.

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