It’s time to listen to and value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s voices
This International Women’s Day, #PressforProgress will be the call of millions of women. Across the world today, violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating of all human rights violations.
Wild Woman – Because of Her We Can
Ella Noah Bancroft is an Bundjalung woman based in the Northern NSW. She is a born artist, storyteller, teacher, director and mentor.
Her latest artworks are ones that brings together contemporary Indigenous artistic practices with topics of lesbian love, environmental forces and female engagement and empowerment.
I write about strong, black women to highlight the positive stories we share
Over three years ago, I began a PhD in Indigenous women’s leadership in Australia, specifically looking at the current era we are in. What an era it is: not a day goes by without a story coming up on my Twitter feed about yet another issue that directly affects us as Indigenous people (with our voices largely ignored).