Framework For Action And First Nations Gender Justice Institute

December 18, 2023

Framework For Action And First Nations Gender Justice Institute
This submission is being made by the National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW).

NFAW is dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of Australian women, including intellectual, cultural, political, social, economic, legal, industrial and domestic spheres, and ensuring that the aims and ideals of the women’s movement and its collective wisdom are handed on to new generations of women. NFAW is a feminist organisation, independent of party politics and working in partnership with other women’s organisations.

We respect the right of first nations women and girls to set the priorities for their future, grounded in first nation ways of working and understand of your own needs, as set out in the implementation statement.

The work that the National Foundation for Australian Women does is grounded in the principles of gender lensing, applying a gender lens across all dimensions of policy and legislation. We acknowledge the intersectional challenge of gender lensing, whereby women who are in minority groups experience multiple disadvantagesas their needs lie outside mainstream experience. In particular, indigenous women, girls and communities need specific programs that acknowledge the multiple levels of disadvantage and are not constrained by western ways of thinking.

The themes and priorities set out in the original Wiyi Yani U Thangani Report(2020) set challenges to government, highlighting the areas where governments need to do better, while the ImplementationFramework (2021) focuses developing ways of working that should be incorporated in the programs that are developed. Our experience in gender lensing may offer some insights that can be adapted to assist the Wiyi Yani U Thangani ways of working and principles.

The three themes for this consultation are: