Women weave the fabric of Australia’s Indigenous societies together. Hear our voices
As I reflect on my seven-year tenure as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner, I am inspired by the strengths of our First Nations sisterhood.social unrest erupting in Alice SpringsThrough the Wiyi Yani U Thangani – Women’s Voices – project, I have spoken to thousands of First Nations women and girls, cis, trans and gender-diverse mob.
It is the collective triumph of our women that has inspired me to launch the Wiyi Yani U Thangani Institute and Change Agenda for First Nations Gender Justice, to be housed at the Australian National University. Both are national mechanisms designed to deliver practical changes on the ground. Like so many women in Australia, our women are doing the never-ending, vital and rarely accounted for care work that makes life happen.
It is not just reported by First Nations women – there is mass discontent with the status quo. Movements here and globally, including Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and climate change activism, are demanding systemic shifts to create structures of security for all peoples and the planet.
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