The end of 2023 was a challenging — no, devastating — time for me, an Aboriginal woman who has dedicated more than 20 years to ensuring First Nations women and children have access to self-determined, holistic, wrap-around services for their safety.
Just over two decades ago, together with a small group of Aboriginal women and men, I was instrumental in establishing Djirra, a specialist Aboriginal community-controlled organisation in Victoria. Today, we work with Aboriginal people who experience family violence — predominantly women and their children.
For us, the First Peoples of this country, 2023 kicked off like every other year: the fight against racism, systemic discrimination and structural violence continued day after day, month after month, just as it always has. But
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