Voices of Women Worldwide & Vow-Tv - Australia

16/07/2024

Remember this!
Yeperenye Festival the best concert ever to happen in Alice Springs
no matter how many big names came here they can't top this concert.
R.I.P. to George Burarrwanga from Warumpi Band &
Mandawuy Yunupingu from Yothu Yindi.

28/06/2024

28/06/2024

https://www.dfat.gov.au/people-to-people/public-diplomacy/indigenous/naidoc-week

NAIDOC Week (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) occurs annually in July, and celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by many Australians all over the count...

28/06/2024

https://www.redlandscoasttoday.com.au/2024/06/day-of-cultural-celebration-to-launch-naidoc-week-on-redlands-coast/

NAIDOC Week on Redlands Coast will be launched with a Sunday of celebration. Redland City Council will host the Redlands Coast NAIDOC Cultural Celebration on Sunday 7 July from 9am to 2pm at Raby Bay Harbour Park, Cleveland. Redland City Mayor Jos Mitchell said NAIDOC Week 2024, which runs from 7 to...

28/06/2024

https://www.latrobe.edu.au/mylatrobe/naidoc-week-2024/

NAIDOC Week this year will be celebrated from Sunday 7 July – Sunday 14 July. Celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year (Sunday to […]

28/06/2024

NAIDOC Week is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday. The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aboriginals' and Islanders' Day Observance Committee. NAIDOC Week has its roots in the 1938 Day of Mourning, becoming a week-long event in 1975

28/06/2024

https://www.naidoc.org.au/about/history
NAIDOC Week is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday. The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aboriginals' and Islanders' Day Observance Committee. NAIDOC Week has its roots in the 1938 Day of Mourning, becoming a week-long event in 1975

NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920′s which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

28/06/2024

Sun, 7 July 2024 – Sun, 14 July 2024

27/06/2024

The national NAIDOC Week theme for 2024 is “Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud”, celebrating resilience, unity and pride and shining a light on the enduring strength and vitality of First Nations culture

Water Wommin will be having a Kuppa-murri/Punia and there will some activities, to start the celebrations off for NAIDOC Week on 7th July at Fingal Primary School.

For more details please see flyer below.

#🖤💛❤️

09/06/2024

Much-loved Indigenous singer Emma Donovan expressed shock and dismay after being refused service by at least two taxi drivers at Perth Airport on Friday evening.Ms Donovan, an award-winning Gumbaynggi...

27/05/2024

This powerful painting is titled ‘Sorry’.

Moved by a plane writing 'Sorry' in the sky during the 2000 Walk For Reconciliation, Wiradjuri artist and art tutor Nyree (Ngari) Reynolds (born in Wollongong NSW, 1948) was inspired to add the word to some of her paintings.

Reynolds says, "As part of my art practice I paint the Aboriginal children of the Stolen Generations blending into the landscape, their own Country from which they were removed. My hope is that when people view my work, they will leave with a new understanding of people who have been taken away from their family, home and Country. That they are real people with real stories to be told. Then I know my painting narratives have achieved what I hoped they would."

This digital image was collected by the Australian Museum in 2020.

Learn more about the history of the word Sorry with First Nations peoples on the AM Site: https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sorry/

Image: Sorry 2006 by Nyree (Ngari) Reynolds (born 1948) Acrylic, red ochre and sand on canvas © Nyree (Ngari) Reynolds

The painting titled Sorry was created in 2006, six years after Nyree participated in the Reconciliation Bridge Walk on 28th May 2000. Sorry means that you don’t do it again.

14/02/2024

following the Hann Expedition..
the violence and dispersal of Indigenous people was so devastating..
the memories and stories of this period still haunt many people.
The united commitment of the descendants and their detailed knowledge of this expedition..
will be incredibly valuable in working with Elders across the cape who still grieve about their own history

Truth-telling is at the heart of a new project re-examining an expedition in Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula. This research aims to address the absence of Aboriginal voices in this history.

30/11/2023

This we look at the over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women as a form of gendered violence. As highlighted by the Wiyi Yani U Thangani report, it is a manifestation of intergenerational and interpersonal trauma, exacerbated by their contact with the justice system at every stage, from police interaction, the court system, incarceration and rehabilitation.

It is crucial we invest in the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and be led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls in addressing the violence they face.

Learn more here: https://loom.ly/S931Vao

If you, or someone you know, is experiencing violence, contact the police (000) or 13YARN on 13 92 76 for a free, confidential one-on-one yarn with an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

26/11/2023

03/11/2023

Each of the four Aboriginal women examined in a months-long inquest were killed by their partners, who each had long histories of violence and prior stints in prison.

03/11/2023

Indigenous elder Mick Gooda says the backlash in Queensland after the failure of the Voice referendum has been greater than he expected.

01/11/2023

: Tiwi Traditional Owner files Federal Court case to protect underwater cultural heritage from Santos’ Barossa gas pipeline
A Tiwi Traditional Owner is heading to the Federal Court in a bid to prevent Santos from building its Barossa gas export pipeline through ancestors’ burial grounds and Songlines, without proper assessment of significant risks to cultural heritage.
Simon Munkara, a member of the Jikilaruwu clan, filed proceedings yesterday and applied for an urgent injunction to prevent Santos commencing pipeline work while the case is heard.
The Traditional Owner will argue Santos has not properly assessed submerged cultural heritage along the route of its Barossa export pipeline, which runs within seven kilometres of Cape Fourcroy on Bathurst Island.
Mr Munkara will argue that the approval Santos is relying on is of an Environment Plan that was accepted by offshore regulator NOPSEMA in March 2020, without an assessment of the risks to underwater cultural heritage. It was also approved before another case brought by Munupi man Dennis Tipakalippa established Traditional Owners’ consultation rights in relation to the Barossa Gas Project and other offshore developments.

: Tiwi Traditional Owner files Federal Court case to protect underwater cultural heritage from Santos’ Barossa gas pipeline
A Tiwi Traditional Owner is heading to the Federal Court in a bid to prevent Santos from building its Barossa gas export pipeline through ancestors’ burial grounds and Songlines, without proper assessment of significant risks to cultural heritage.
Simon Munkara, a member of the Jikilaruwu clan, filed proceedings yesterday and applied for an urgent injunction to prevent Santos commencing pipeline work while the case is heard.
The Traditional Owner will argue Santos has not properly assessed submerged cultural heritage along the route of its Barossa export pipeline, which runs within seven kilometres of Cape Fourcroy on Bathurst Island.
Mr Munkara will argue that the approval Santos is relying on is of an Environment Plan that was accepted by offshore regulator NOPSEMA in March 2020, without an assessment of the risks to underwater cultural heritage. It was also approved before another case brought by Munupi man Dennis Tipakalippa established Traditional Owners’ consultation rights in relation to the Barossa Gas Project and other offshore developments.

17/10/2023

17/10/2023

Whatever may be said about the voice to Parliament referendum, one thing is clear.

The no campaign may have won, but the real winners were equality and Australian democracy.

This referendum showed the world that it’s not governments, corporations or activists who hold power in this nation.

It’s the Australian people.

On the weekend we voted overwhelmingly in favour of equal citizenship, and against racial inequality.

It was most definitely not a rejection of indigenous Australians.

It was a rejection of racial separatism, racial exceptionalism, constitutional activism, and grievance and identity politics.

Australians have decided these have no place in our Constitution.

One Nation led the way on this most important of national decisions.

We were the first party to declare for the no vote; we were advocating against the voice from the beginning; and we made telling contributions to the debate.

However, the best promoters of the no vote ended up being the leaders of the ‘yes’ campaign: Marcia Langton, Noel Pearson, Megan Davis, Thomas Mayo, Linda Burney and – of course – Anthony Albanese.

Their statements over the years probably did more than anything else to kills support for the voice.

And they called it ‘misinformation’.

So what next?

This referendum has been a wake-up call for many Australians.

They want answers about why the gaps haven’t closed despite the many billions of dollars spent on it every year.

For many years I’ve been calling for a comprehensive audit of the aboriginal industry that has failed indigenous Australia.

This is absolutely essential so that Australians get the answers they deserve.

16/10/2023

IN THE SPIRIT OF WIRRITJIN

My words below are inspired by Wirritjin, a prophecy which speaks of our traditional custodians and all people of this land coming to stand together in the spirit of unity for a greater humanity. Indigenous cultures the world over share similar stories, which, I believe, envision our current times. I acknowledge, honour and celebrate the true heart and courage, the survival and resilience of our First Nations people.

In the spirit of Wirritjin many will come, many will awaken, and many will gather as one.

Wirritjin is the spirit by which many will come from near and afar in song and prayer, in dance and ceremony, in word and story, and in the presence of culture and wisdom, truth and compassion.

From all walks of life, they will come in one heart, in one humanity, in one dream long promised and soon to be fulfilled. Wirritjin is the spirit by which the ancestors will come, the children and elders, the guardians and the keepers of the flame - now and yet to be.

This spirit is lighting the way to traverse these times so to finally inhabit new and destined shores awaiting many courageous warriors of heart and intent - those who are finding their wings, walking their paths of healing, and restoring and enriching their own sacred stories.

As much as the spirit within is calling many to action, it is also whispering to us to be still and to listen, allowing silence to be our ally and pathway inward to peace and sovereignty, for ourselves and this earth that breathes every breath with us.

Wirritjin is the spirit of rediscovering, reclaiming and realigning to our birthright and to all that is sacred within our world. This spirit is finally being awakened and rekindled from within our hearts for the new and emerging paradigm. This spirit is in process, as a pupa transforming into an exquisite butterfly, as a seed finally unfolding into a wondrous flower.

Let the spirit of Wirritjin move you from your centre of being and soul, from your words and songs, from your heart and story, and from that which is dreaming each of us, drawing us into the future while holding the ancient and sacred lore of our own ancestors from the past and those now present amongst us.

Wirritjin is the spirit by which many will come, awaken and gather as one. It is time.

Gerard Traub

10/10/2023

How people can say colonisation was good for Aboriginal people is beyond me:

No Kaprurn people are currently living in Southern Cross and there appear to be a number of reasons for the migration away from traditional country.

The first was that the traditional land had a very small number of reliable and permanent water supplies. These water holes and supplies were kept secret and covered in a bid to preserve the water. However, these water supplies were used during the building of the railway from Perth to Kalgoorlie. Kaprurn people were captured and often tortured to reveal the location of scant water supplies. The fate of these tortured people, once they revealed the water sources, is unknown but fairly predictable. It is highly probably tortured people would not be set loose to retaliate. A newspaper article in the West Australian 1895 records the torture of Aboriginal people to reveal water supplies. Thereafter, it became clear that the people of the area disappeared rapidly either due to the loss of their water or for fear of capture and torture.

Secondly, once native water supplies were located, the railway builders and subsequently the pastoralists, fenced them off for railway and stock use only. Kaprurn people no longer had access to their traditional water supplies in a very harsh, dry land. Records at the time show that water supplies were guarded against Aboriginal people and there is documented evidence of at least one massacre of Aboriginal people who dared to try and take water. The lack of water may have necessitated a move to stations, towns and other locations. Or possibly death from thirst.

21/09/2023

The truth is that a better society will only arise through the evolution of the individual.
This is because society is made up of millions of individuals.
To count to a million..one has to start with number one..
which means one has to start with the individual..the only real place one can actually begin to change something.
This doesn't mean putting oneself first in an egotistical way..
but rather it involves our coming to understand the condition of the whole of humanity through understanding our own experience.
With this experience as our guide..
we will know how to behave with awareness in any circumstance in every type of society
― Namkhai Norbu, Dzogchen: The Self-Perfected State

07/09/2023

VOICES OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE STARTED THIS DISCUSSION ON "HOMELESSNESS" SINCE MARCH 12, 2019 It was published by VOWW's Co-Founder SHARON MATHER living in AUSTRALIA ...

FOUR YEARS LATER ... WE INVITE FACEBOOK FRIENDS & ASSOCIATES TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE FOUR YEARS LATER (2019-2023)

HOW IT HAS AFFECTED YOU & YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ?
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO BRING ABOUT LESS PAIN AND SUFFERING AMONG WOMEN & CHILDREN ?

HOW YOU HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY IT ?

Please join the discussion as it relates to all women around the world.

We need your strong voices to chart SOLUTIONS for homeless women with children, young girls and elderly women, and all those voiceless women, especially young girls and children suffering domestic violence or captured into s*x trafficking !

For example, "Ongoing research into a growing housing crisis among Australia’s ageing baby boomer women ... especially in regional Australia ... has identified the "homeless" problem as a “sleeping giant”.

As most women come to the end of their working lives and because of their career backgrounds ... the way working women's life-styles have been structured in the last century ... women tend to come to a dead-end after working long hours at jobs mostly demanding them as care-holders and volunteers ... without the same financial resources as men ... due to the gender inequality in the work place.

If any one of you are struggling financially to make ends meet ... finding yourself without a home - a roof over your head ... a residence ... with sleepless nights of the future are sleeping rough... feeling alone, lost in society and completely ignored ... with no one to help or listen to you ... You need to discuss your situation to find answers ...

Please post your comments here on our community page "Voices of Women Worldwide - Australia" - Share your thoughts and fears ... so together "united" in voices we can look at your situation and find answers.

I, Sharon Mather, Co-Founder of Voices of Women Worldwide - will be shortly posting frank open discussion panels here ... where we can all share and discuss the situation you are facing ... or know someone who is undergoing ... in order to suggest solutions ...

We need to share ideas and find ways to assist and help each other find person solutions ... let us all ... each one of us ... take this issue to the next level.

This frank open discussion group is here for a reason ... to listen to all your voices ... each one of your voices count.

For much too long now ... these injustices against women ... have stood erect ... almost with a sinister sense of pride.

It seems to me ...that we all are the Backbone of Creation ... the "Forgotten Woman" . ... the creator of life ... the "bottom of the rung/rug?" (don't know what you mean by this word) Always getting ignored and forgotten by society as women enters her Crone ... her desperate "Pain of Homelessness" ...
a secret held in the shadows ... living in fear and silent shame.

I am listening and I am compiling your stories to share among ourselves. If we continue to be silent ... the secretive, silenced shame will continue ...

If we speak out among ourselves collectively ... sharing our silent fears ...

We will be heard ... we must be heard ... we must find solutions ... Please join ..

Sharon Mather: Co-Founder, Voices of Women Worldwide & VOWW TV
Visit VOICES OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE INC. & V0WW-TV at:

VOICES OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE unites and promotes strong voices of voiceless women, young girls and boys, with men's suppoert united !

30/08/2023

HOW CAN WE TACKLE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS ? EMMA BLOODWORTH | TEDxDoncasterDec 19, 2022 --
https://youtu.be/ASWzAG77wCk?si=dYTUkVNoZr76ih4K

In her TEDx Doncaster Talk, Emma asks how can we address the issues of disproportionality in crimes affecting women and girls.
Emma believes we can have much more influence in changing those negative cultures and behaviours that have been identified.

Many have been criticised for saying its not gender specific but unfortunately, the data is there to say it is specifically disproportionate that more violence takes place where the victims are female. Emma wants people, communities, and professionals to ensure they understand the signs and key indicators of child exploitation and the violence that these girls will be subject to.

Emma states that girls are seen as assets by drug dealers and a tool for helping them avoid detection. It's harder for police to spot them 'in country'. One Young Woman shared that "People don't talk about girls in county line gangs, we're just hush. We're really in the forefront of these businesses because we fly under the radar, which is why girls are being used.“

In this TEDx Doncaster Talk Emma also challenges the myths/stories passed down by well-meaning adults, for example, I was always told by my parents, you don’t walk home in the dark alone, if you get a taxi let me know where you get home (ie text me)

Don’t walk through the park in the dark or by yourself - Stay safe
Why do we do this ? my friends still do this now – if they get a taxi on a night out they say text me when you get in.
Do men say this to their male friends on a night out? Most probably not. So is that the reality or is that perception – Emma presents what the data say about feeling safe, and where the unsafe locations are, is it real or is it perception?

In her call to action, Emma shares a range of interventions that can help including focusing on work with young men and boys, As a mother of two boys Emma wants them to understand what a healthy relationship is and how to behave. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organised by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Emma is a Police Officer, currently working with the National Police Council and the National Task Force to tackle violence against women and girls. Emma's background is county lines and child exploitation and believes that the violence against girls is underreported across the board but especially in County Lines. Emma wants people, communities, and professionals to ensure they understand the signs and key indicators of child exploitation and the violence that girls are subjected to. Emma is a positive disruptor and challenges everyone to look through the door and be part of the solutions. Emma has been commended for her work with South Yorkshire Police both regionally and nationally and is committed to ensuring that the vulnerable are protected and the voiceless are heard.
Emma is keen to share an idea focused on how we can collectively reduce the incidents of violence against women and girls by working to educate men and boys. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

NOTE FROM TED: This talk contains a discussion of s*xual violence. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/t...

NOTE FROM TED: This talk contains a discussion of s*xual violence. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organiz...

24/08/2023

A statue honouring a former premier who mutilated the body of an Aboriginal man will be taken down in recognition of the hurt he caused Tasmania's Aboriginal community — with advocates saying they hope it is not the last.

22/08/2023

🙏Thank you Karla Grant from Living Black/NITV🙏
For having the guts to tell us the story of Eddie Cockburn the s*xual abuser of Aboriginal men and Women.
For anyone who does not know the truth..
Please do some research.
My heart goes out to all the families whose voices were not heard
May justice be heard.