Representing women in the APY lands

10 Feb 2012By Karen Ashford

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It's being suggested that quotas may be needed to boost representation of women on the executive that governs the APY Aboriginal lands.

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Nominations close this week for elections on South Australia's APY Aboriginal lands.

 

There are ten positions up for grabs in the February 29 ballot for the APY Executive.

 

When the governance body first formed as a result of Australia's first Land Rights Act in 1981, women were prominent, but in recent years they've vanished from the Executive's ranks.

 

Central Australia's NPY Women's Council is concerned the dominance of men may mean important issues for women could lose prominence.

 

Co-ordinator Andrea Mason told Karen Ashford more must be done to ensure equal representation - and maybe a gender quota is needed.

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