Hi everyone, 

Mid-September, I spent 2 days in Canberra lobbying in my National FVPLS Convenor role and with Change the Record, which was to call for immediate action to stop mass incarceration and raise the age of criminal responsibility. I shared Djirra's knowledge on the devastating impact that one day in prison has on a woman's life and spoke about the solutions that we know work.

Upon my return, I welcomed Minister Ben Carroll's announcement of additional funding for Djirra's work. This additional funding is testament of the vital and unique work we do at Djirra. We have the solutions. We can change the story for Aboriginal women. 

You can read our media release Djirra welcomes additional funding for its work with Aboriginal women here. 

Enjoy your read, 

Antoinette

Djirra - Sharing stories, finding solutions
“Ground up” digital storytelling and participatory video

'Hey Djirra!
I received a scholarship for Emerging Indigenous Evaluators to attend the Australian Evaluation Society International Evaluation Conference in Sydney last week.
 
A few of the highlights were Tracey Westerman’s keynote address on the first day. She spoke about how cultural competency is not vague. It is measurable and so is its impact. At Djirra, we deal with the impact of evaluations every day. These often don’t understand or prioritise what we know works. It was great to hear an expert in the field speak about how we shouldn’t adapt mainstream programs or evaluations. We need to build them from the ground up so that they are culturally and contextually valid.


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Another highlight was seeing Mark Planigale from Lirata present on the work he, Kathryn and Djirra's legal team did in carrying out an evaluation needs assessment. It was definitely one of the more empowering takes on evaluation I saw while I was in Sydney.
 
Thanks to Kathryn for getting me involved and Claire who wrote the application with me!'

Kate Chapman 

Edwards Gammin Café - exhibition