our Strategic PLAN 2026- 2030

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This Strategic Plan marks an important national moment. Not simply the release of a strategy, but the continuation of a movement grounded in the voices, experiences and leadership of thousands of First Nations women, girls and gender-diverse people.

It carries forward years of deep listening across the continent, moving from listening into coordinated, sustained systems change, building the national infrastructure needed to recognise, support and sustain the leadership First Nations women have always held.

This Plan puts in place the foundations of our visionary work from 2026 to 2030, held accountable to the generational aspirations of First Nations women, girls, Sistergirls and gender-diverse peoples, as set out in our Change Agenda for First Nations Gender Justice.

"The solutions already exist within our communities. The leadership already exists. The knowledge already exists. What has been missing is a system that sees it, values it, and works with it."— June Oscar AO, Chair, Wiyi Yani U Thangani Institute

Our mission

To reweave the social fabric by elevating the voices, knowledges and lived experiences of First Nations women, girls and gender-diverse people, and build collaborations with all system actors to collectively heal and regenerate caring, peaceful systems and realise First Nations gender justice.
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Our Institute is holds three Strategic Priority Areas that guide our projects, programs and research.

Our Strategic Priorities are the key areas through which the Institute will drive change against all layers of the Change Agenda outcomes, with a specific focus on achieving the Institute outcomes. The Institute will design and implement projects across these priorities in collaboration with, and always grounded in, the voices of First Nations women, girls (inclusive of Sistergirls and trans women) and gender-diverse people. Read more in the Strategic Plan 2026- 2030.
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1. Support and amplify systems change

We will navigate and transform conflict through supporting women-led change processes and peacebuilding on the ground. Our focus includes:
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Co-creating systems practices and methods for change.
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Elevating knowledges from the ground to national and international spaces, guaranteeing space for Sistergirls and trans women.
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Working with decision-makers to shift systems.
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Building connections with broader civic society.

2. Strengthen the social and economic fabric with care and healing

We will centre the holistic work of care and healing led by women and girls as foundational to a healthy existence for people and Country. Our focus includes:
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Expanding care and healing research, resources and tools, including a dedicated approach with Sistergirls and trans women.
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Exploring and documenting how care and healing approaches regenerate the social and economic fabric by elevating care and healing as vital to healthy people and Country for sustainable and climate-just futures.
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Initiating approaches to measure and value healing and care work, within the framework of peacebuilding.

3. Develop research and data approaches for nourishing and applying generational knowledges

We will collaborate to form ethical, culturally informed and gender sensitive data tools for self-determination. Our focus includes:
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Supporting women and girls to gather evidence and evaluate their work and initiatives to dismantle structural barriers and reform systems.
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Elevating the stories of women, girls and gender-diverse people, including Sistergirls and trans women, through multimedia and immersive experiences.
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Enhancing the Institute’s impact with Measurement, Evaluation and Learning (MEL).
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Developing an Institute approach to supporting First Nations gender justice and peacebuilding research and evidence building.
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