ABORIGINAL
WOMEN’S
LEADERSHIP
PROGRAM
Delivering since 2011
YWCA Adelaide’s
Aboriginal Women’s
Leadership Program
– Kangaroos and
Emus - continues to
strengthen.
The program’s aim is to
assist Aboriginal women
to build leadership
capacity with a focus on
“After the session I rang
This year saw the start of
women, family, wellbeing,
the girls to hear their
a short film project using
career and culture. This
thoughts about the
interviews of program
year 18 workshops,
morning - their response
participants sharing
forums and yarning circles was overwhelming – they
their leadership stories,
were held across the
were impacted in such a
how this program has
Adelaide metropolitan
profound way and told me influenced participants
region and in Port Lincoln they had NEVER had an
personally and
engaging 77 Aboriginal
experience like it before.
professionally, looking at
women.
Those young women have
Aboriginal women being at
since been talking to me
the forefront of their own
Under the leadership
about equality, community, leadership journeys.
of Program Coordinator
respect for Elders and self
Lisa Warner, as a result
pride. Thank you Lisa - I
Lisa was invited for
of the program, women
think that morning was a
the second successive
are connecting or
life changing one.
year to present at the
reconnecting with country,
Australasian Evaluation
culture, family, education
“I also want to thank you
Conference on effective
and employment.
for the work you do, the
evaluation methods with
Feedback such as this
energy you bring and the
Indigenous communities.
captures the power and
gifts of wisdom that you
impact of this work:
and the Aunties offer.”
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