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Our Yanalangami Team have just returned home after a gorgeous few days in Gurrumbilbarra, Townsville QLD, after having the immense pleasure of connecting with 21 local women and leaders in Community. Together with our incredible Aboriginal Advisory Council (AAC), we facilitated a place-based, in-person program for an incredible group of First Nations women living locally.   […]

Our Yanalangami Team are so excited to have partnered with the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Research and Education at the University of Technology Sydney!  The Jumbunna Research Institute is focused on achieving impactful societal change and positive outcomes for First Nations people, through undertaking the highest quality research and evaluation on Indigenous legal, economic, social,

We kicked off Day 3 of our Yanalangami Yawuru Program at the Yawuru Cultural Wellbeing Centre, Liyan-ngan Nyirrwa. ‘Liyan-ngan Nyirrwa’ means ‘a place to go for feeling’ in local Yawuru language, and we instantly felt relaxed, connected, and embraced as we walked into the beautiful space. Decorated with stunning Aboriginal artworks and native flowers, the

Day 2 began with an Acknowledgement of sacred Yawuru Country, and a check in to see where everyone’s energy levels and mental health were at.  Again, everyone shared so vulnerably and openly with their I AM statements, honouring their full selves. We were excited, and grounded, and happy, and reflective, and leaning in, and held

Stepping off the plane onto Yawuru Country, and seeing the beautiful rusty red dirt, smelling the salty ocean waves, feeling the breeze blow with intense, powerful heat, and listening deeply to the spirits and Ancestors that still walk this place was absolutely magical for us. As guests on Yawuru Country, we walked every step thinking

Our Yanalangami Team are feeling so blessed, grounded, grateful, and connected after a gorgeous few days on sacred Yawuru Country, in Broome WA. Together with our Aboriginal Advisory Council (AAC), we facilitated a place-based in-person program for 20 First Nations women living locally.  We have been so privileged to connect and work closely with Nyamba

In June of 2024, our Yanalangami Changemakers from our 2023 National Online Cohort were invited to Tranby on Gadigal Country, to connect in person and celebrate their graduation from the program! Nine of our 2023 Changemakers were able to join us in person to reflect on their learnings and growth from the online Yanalangami program.

Our Yanalangami: Strong Women, Strong Communities Program is thriving and making positive impacts to First Nations women from many Nations all around Australia, entering its fourth year. Yanalangami seeks to further empower Changemaker Graduates to be leaders that inspire ripples of change in their home communities. To achieve this, we have developed a Yanalangami ‘Train the Trainer’

Our team was humbled to be invited to share our Yanalangami story and methods of First Nations women’s leadership at the inaugural First Nations Gender Justice Summit, held on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country by the Australian Human Rights Commission in May 2023.  With more than 900 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls and women gathering

Applications and Community Nominations for the 2023 Yanalangami: Strong Women, Strong Communities online program are now open! The Yanalangami Program is designed to connect, inspire and strengthen the leadership of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Female Changemakers. This unique opportunity is open to all Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people who identify as a woman