Tahlia-Rose Vanissum
Strategic Director
First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV)
Tahlia-Rose is a proud Woppaburra woman who uses her lived experience and expertise to ensure that approaches to policy, evaluation and institutional governance recognise and address their inherent limitations, making visible and responding to systemic racism and ableism.
Tahlia-Rose has expertise and a particular interest in Indigenous feminisms, data sovereignty, intersectionality, governance, social justice, care and culturally responsive disability-rights informed practice.
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Influencing policy from a grassroots level
Join this panel of leaders as they discuss the power in coordinated action and collective strength from community, to influence policy and subsequent service delivery from the ground up.
Moderator: Kerry Staines, Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV)
Tahlia-Rose Vanissum, Strategic Director, First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV)
Kyllie Cripps, Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
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Panel: Empowering women, children and families: A human rights perspective
Helping families with proactive and preventative measures
Solutions that are grounded in culture and guided by community
Advocating for recognition of institutional barriers to advance human rights in community
Tahlia-Rose Vanissum, Strategic Director, First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV)
Aletia Twist, Chief Executive Officer, Mura Kosker
Jordyn Flagg, Manager, Community Strengthening, Wathaurong Aboriginal Corporation
Candice Hughes, Principal Solicitor, YFS Legal