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F! It! International Women's Development Agency (IWDA)
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IWDA is proud to present F! It! – a podcast bringing feminist and First Nations approaches to the forefront of foreign policy conversations.
Hosted by Gumbaynggirr/Dunghutti woman, Julie Ballangarry, F! It! explores the perspectives of the world’s foremost First Nations thinkers and feisty feminists. Their voices have been excluded from foreign policy conversations for far too long.
So join us in saying F! It! to foreign policy as we know it.
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June Oscar AO on Centering First Nations Gender Justice
June Oscar AO joins F! It! to discuss her legacy as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, and the incredible Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) project and Change Agenda.
Plus, June and Julie discuss how this “blakprint” for change could shape international engagement to centre First Nations Gender Justice.
This is the final episode in the F! It! mini-series - subscribe or follow to hear about future bonus episodes!
Further reading:
Learn about Wiyi Yani U Thangani
Read about Wiyi Yani U Thangani Change Agenda
Audre Lorde, The Master’s Tools will never Dismantle the Master’s House
Learn about the history and politics of the “blak” in “blakprint”
Credits:
Host: Julie Ballangarry
Guest: June Oscar AO
Executive Producer and Editor: Pariya Taherzadeh
Co-producers: Julie Ballangarry, Alice Ridge, Carla Kweifio-Okai and Annelise Lecordier
Artwork: Humanize Media
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What Should First Nations Foreign Policy Look Like in Practice?
We’ve explored the theory, now let’s talk about practice.
In this episode we yarn with two development practitioners – Jenna Hawes – a proud Wiradjuri woman, and Alice Tamang – a proud Dharug woman. Jenna and Alice explain how their experiences and knowledge as First Nations women strengthen their work in international development.
Plus, they explore how a First Nations approach can support others in decolonising their development practice.
Further info:
How will a First Nations Foreign Policy turbocharge development? - Alice TamangWatch: Indigenous voices in development - current perspectives and future directions
New network focused on supporting First Nations Australians in the Development Sector
Credits:
Host: Julie Ballangarry
Guests: Jenna Hawes, and Alice Tamang
Executive Producer and Editor: Pariya Taherzadeh
Co-producers: Julie Ballangarry, Alice Ridge, Carla Kweifio-Okai and Annelise Lecordier
Artwork: Humanize Media
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What Does a First Nations Approach Mean to Australia's Inaugural First Nations Ambassador Justin Mohamed?
In this episode we yarn with Ambassador Justin Mohamed, a Gooreng Gooreng man and Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for First Nations People.
Ambassador Mohamed explains what he means by a First Nations approach to foreign policy, the broader context of the Voice to Parliament Referendum, and the need to move beyond tokenism.
Credits:
Host: Julie Ballangarry
Guest: Ambassador Justin Mohamed
Executive Producer and Editor: Pariya Taherzadeh
Co-producers: Julie Ballangarry, Alice Ridge, Carla Kweifio-Okai and Annelise Lecordier
Artwork: Humanize Media
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How Can a UN Declaration Help Shape Australia's Foreign Policy?
In this episode we yarn with Dr Sheryl Lightfoot - an Anishinaabe woman, citizen of the Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe, enrolled at the Keweenaw Bay Community.
Dr Lightfoot talks about potential for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to inform a First Nations foreign policy. She also gives an insightful global perspective on the aftermath of Australia’s failed referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Dr Lightfoot is Chair and North American member on the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP).
Further reading:
Caring feminist states? Paternalistic feminist foreign policies and the silencing of Indigenous justice claims in Sweden and Canada
Publications by Rauna Kuokkanen
Credits:
Host: Julie Ballangarry
Guest: Dr Sheryl Lightfoot
Executive Producer and Editor: Pariya Taherzadeh
Co-producers: Julie Ballangarry, Alice Ridge, Carla Kweifio-Okai and Annelise Lecordier
Special thanks to Joanna Pradela
Artwork: Humanize Media
Created by the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and the Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition. -
What Do Feminist and First Nations Foreign Policy Have in Common?
F! It! is a limited series podcast bringing feminist and First Nations worldviews to the heart of foreign policy conversations.
This week, host Julie Ballangarry - a Gumbaynggirr/Dunghutti woman - yarns with James Blackwell, a Research Fellow in Indigenous Diplomacies at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU, and Alice Ridge, Senior Research Policy and Advocacy Advisor at IWDA, to discuss what First Nations foreign policy and feminist foreign policy have in common, and how they can help us rethink the way we interact with the world.
Wondering what that acronym means?
UNDRIP = United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
EMRIP = Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People
Further Reading:
Indigenous Foreign Policy: a new way forward? by James Blackwell and Julie Ballangarry, AFFPC Issue Paper #1, April 2022
Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition
Credits:
Host: Julie Ballangarry
Guests: James Blackwell and Alice Ridge
Executive Producer and Editor: Pariya Taherzadeh
Co-producers: Julie Ballangarry, Alice Ridge, Carla Kweifio-Okai and Annelise Lecordier
Special thanks to Joanna Pradela
Artwork: Humanize Media
Created by the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and the Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition. -
Introducing: F! It!
Introducing F! It! - a limited series podcast bringing feminist and First Nations worldviews to the heart of foreign policy conversations.
Listen in as host, Julie Ballangarry - a Gumbaynggirr/Dunghutti woman - yarns with leading First Nations thinkers and feisty feminists about ways to reshape and reimage foreign policy to transform our world for the better.
Join us as we say F! It! to foreign policy as we know it.
Credits:
Host: Julie Ballangarry, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
Guests: James Blackwell, Research Fellow in Indigenous Diplomacies, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, ANU
Alice Tamang, Indigenous Programs Manager, Australian Volunteers Program and Managing Director, Connecting Cultures International
Dr Sheryl Lightfoot, Vice Chair and North American member, United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous peoples (EMRIP)
Ambassador Justin Mohamed, Australia’s Ambassador for First Nations People
Executive Producer and Editor: Pariya Taherzadeh
Co-producers: Julie Ballangary, Alice Ridge, Carla Kweifio-Okai and Annelise Lecordier
Artwork: Humanize Media
Created by the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and the Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition.