6 | Annual Performance Statement economic, and ecological change. The Institute builds on the legacy of the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) Project which has been informed by thousands of First Nations women, girls, and gender-diverse mob across seven years. The Institute provides a dedicated space where First Nations women, girls, and gender-diverse mob determine the collaborations and research approaches to ensure their lived experiences and knowledge systems are at the forefront of advancing gender justice and equality.   The Institute was originally conceived as a recommendation in the Wiyi Yani U Thangani Report: Securing our Rights, Securing our Future (2020) as one of 7 key recommendations. The launch of the Institute ensures the work of the Wiyi Yani U Thangani project continues beyond its scope under the 7-year term of June Oscar AO as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. The Change Agenda   Alongside the Institute, Commissioner Oscar launched the Wiyi Yani U Thangani Change Agenda for First Nations Gender Justice (the Change Agenda). It is the first living document of its kind —centering First Nations women and gender-diverse mob’s vision for gender justice and equality, and the outcomes they believe must be met to achieve this vision. It has been described as a ‘Blakprint’ for transformation that is grounded in the voices of First Nations women, in all their diversity. The Change Agenda defines the change women and gender-diverse mob want to see in the world for the benefit of their children, families, communities, culture and Country. 28 The Change Agenda is captured in three layers of action-orientated outcomes and describes the commitments of the Institute, the systemic areas for change, and signals showing change. It is a unique measurement, evaluation and learning framework within a systems change approach. Measurement of outcomes is gathered through ‘signals’ that show whether change is or isn’t occurring. These signals centre what communities see, hear, sense or feel is changing around them, rather than utilising a mainstream Western evaluation methodology. This framework follows what women and girls have told the project team throughout the life of the Wiyi Yani U Thangani project and ensures that the ongoing work of Wiyi Yani U Thangani remains situated within the knowledge systems of First Nations women and girls. ‘We are flipping the narrative on its head and speaking to the system as the problem that needs to be fixed rather than our women … Nothing like this has ever existed in Australia and it is a direct response to what our women and girls have called for—a Framework and an Institute owned by us, for us, that elevates our strengths, holds our truths, [and] sets out our actions for nation-wide structural reform to help develop the systems that will work for us and support our lives and rights on the ground.’ — June Oscar AO, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Feedback on the Change Agenda has been very positive, with women expressing hope, gratitude and excitement for what the Institute and Change Agenda can achieve. The Change Agenda contributes to the progression of First Nations women’s rights under UNDRIP by providing the actions needed to make First Nations gender justice a reality.

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