Introduction We, the delegates, call on all Australian governments to take urgent and ongoing action to invest in the solutions of First Nations women to end violence, and ensure commitment to our human rights. It is the responsibility of all levels of government to ensure our rights are protected by listening and acting on the solutions put forward by First Nations women, victim-survivors and specialist communitycontrolled organisations. Delegate Statement, Wiyi Yani U Thangani Women’s Safety Policy Forum The Wiyi Yani U Thangani First Nations Women's Safety Policy Forum (the Forum) was held virtually on 12 September 2022. It brought over 150 participants together including First Nations community members, practitioners, researchers, specialist experts and government participants to consider how to address the root causes and drivers of violence, as the government prepares to deliver on its commitment to develop a standalone National Plan to End Violence against First Nations Women and Children (standalone National Plan). The Forum was designed as a self-determining space, where First Nations women could speak on their own terms, drawing on their expertise and lived experience. It drew together the diversity of issues, united voices and sought common ground to consider the way ahead. The Forum’s ultimate intention is to re-set the relationship with government, where First Nations women become central to shaping the policies and systems that impact their lives. Forum participants consistently highlighted that First Nations women have always been central to providing the care and doing remarkable, often unrecognised, work to keep family and kin safe and well. Women are both the backbone and at the forefront of social and economic change work, such as establishing and running holistic organisations grounded in culture and community, which respond to immediate harms, enable healing, and implement culturally responsive violence prevention approaches. First Nations women also hold an extensive body of ancestral knowledges—at times referred to as Grandmother’s Law. These knowledges speak to the flourishing of intergenerational life. Amongst many things, women learn and enact knowledges about maintaining social and ecological equilibrium; supporting the healthy growth of babies and educating children; keeping families and communities strong and connected; sustaining societal safety; and protecting children and families against danger. When First Nations women are invested in, and their lives, roles and knowledges are recognised and reflected in surrounding systems, children thrive, economies grow, communities are cohesive, and harms and violence are minimised. This was a key message underpinning the Forum discussions and understood as vital to transforming systems to end violence and revitalise cycles of intergenerational wellbeing. Wiyi Yani U Thangani • First Nations Women’s Safety Policy Forum • Outcomes Report | 8