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Indigenous students. Also, more than half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents (54 per cent) gained a VET Statement of Attainment. 61 Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander men are more likely than women to study towards a trade qualification.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men attained a Certificate level III/IV at almosttwice the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (63% compared with 34%)in 2008.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women perform better in higher education thanAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men. For example, the majority of those withhigher level degrees (i.e. above the Certificate level) were women. Also, Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander women were twice as likely as Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander men to have an Advanced Diploma or Diploma (22% compared with 12%) andmore than one-and-a-half times as likely to have a Bachelor degree or above (26%compared with 15%). 62 However, these achievements in higher education are notleading to higher employment rates for our women.Vocational training and transition to workAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 25–64 years who had a non-schoolqualification of a Certificate III or above were more than twice as likely as those with noqualification to be employed full-time (52% compared with 23%).However, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women with a Certificate III or abovewere less likely than Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men with the same level ofqualification to be employed full-time, and were around twice as likely to be employedpart-time or not be participating in the labour force. This reflects the fact that manywomen in this age group are likely to be caring for children full-time, or combiningchildcare with part-time employment. 63Our women's employment opportunities are limited as we carry the main workload incaring for children and running households, and don't have access to affordable,reliable childcare.We recommend that the CEDAW Committee:Recommend that the Australian Government support and fund culturally andlinguistically appropriate education programs in schools for Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander children. This must include appropriate training forteachers.Recommend that the Australian Government support and fund communityprograms to assist young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers to stay atschool.Recommend that the state and territory governments adequately fund Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander independent schools, including funding to address theimpact of complex, intergenerational issues of discrimination.61 Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, ‘Chapter 8: IndigenousEducation’, National Report on Schooling in Australia 2006, available athttp://cms.curriculum.edu.au/anr2006/ch8_senior.htm62 ABS Health and Welfare Report 2008, above n 47, 18.63 Ibid, 21.40
Recommend that all Australian governments take positive and necessarymeasures to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enjoy theright to identity and culture, including through the maintenance and use of theirtraditional languages.41
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