Background The Forum is a major milestone in the third stage of the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) multiyear project. Wiyi Yani U Thangani is led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO, and supported by the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA). In addition to the Forum, Stage Three of the Wiyi Yani U Thangani Project will see the delivery of a National First Nations women and girls Summit, to be held in Canberra in May 2023; the development of a National Action Plan on First Nations Gender Justice and Equality; and the establishment of a First Nations Gender Justice Institute at the Australian National University (ANU). Forum methodology Over 200 invitations were sent to First Nations community members, practitioners, researchers, specialist experts and government participants to register for the one-day virtual Forum held on 12 September 2022. To ensure there was opportunity for First Nations women to provide input and feedback, the Forum was designed as a private, invitation-only event. In designing the Forum, First Nations women across the academic, advocacy and service delivery sectors, including women with lived experience, were brought together as a collective to provide expert advice and to determine the priorities and themes to explore at the Forum. This advice informed two Forum panels called, ‘Vision for the First Nations National Plan’, and ‘Addressing the continuum of violence’. The panels heard from leading First Nations family violence experts and practitioners. They spoke to priorities for the standalone National Plan and what it should build on, and how the intersectional systemic drivers of violence must be addressed. Both panels discussed the need for systems reform, investment in holistic community-controlled models, and the importance of guaranteeing First Nations women’s voices and expertise in forming national policy, legislation and programs to effectively respond to and end violence. Following the Forum, a Delegate Statement was released, which was drafted by all panellists. This Report builds on the high-level summary of the Statement. This Report, to be delivered to the Australian Government, has been drafted by the Australian Human Rights Commission with input from the collective of advisors brought together to support the Forum design and its outcomes. It also includes supplementary input received through a post-Forum survey sent to participants. Recognition and thanks to the panel of experts that spoke at the Forum: • Antoinette Braybrook, Djirra and Change the Record • Ashlee Donohue, Author and advocate • Catherine Liddle, SNAICC • Cheryl Axleby, Change the Record Wiyi Yani U Thangani • First Nations Women’s Safety Policy Forum • Outcomes Report | 11