South Australian women who attended the national Straight Talk Summit in Canberra this week say they feel empowered to take their activism further and create action on Indigenous issues.
abc.net.au/news/aboriginal-women-canberra-oxfam-summit-advocate-change-politics/101350438A First Nations woman from South Australia says a national conference this week has rekindled the fire within her to continue fighting for real change in her own communities.
"As Aboriginal people we are always involved in politics, the politics within our community is something we deal with very young," she said. "An eye-opener for a lot of us was that even though these women are Aboriginal women they have taken up positions to be the voice for everybody," she said.Ms Milera said they also had the chance to discuss with ministers what strategies they would take once they returned to their own communities.
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