The Centre for Indigenous Policy Research (CIPR) at the Australian National University has been awarded funding from the Gender Institute for the new project 'Reparative ways of thinking about First Nations women’s desires for gender justice'. The project is led by CIPR Director Associate Professor Elfie Shiosaki, with Associate Professor Elise Klein from the Crawford School of Public Policy and Dr Lillian Tait from POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research.

This Indigenous-led project addresses one of the most foundational and enduring gender justice issues for the Australian nation – reparations for colonisation – from the standpoint of First Nations women and girls. It commissions First Nations women and girls to create artwork that shares their desires for reparative justice and visions for more just futures in Australia which will be celebrated in a national exhibition. This project aims to reshape scholarly understandings of reparative justice by co-designing with the artists new practices of reparations which are embedded in Indigenous knowledge and perspectives. By amplifying their voices, this project empowers First Nations women and girls to participate in decision making about reparative justice.