A delegation of Aboriginal women from Western Australia's Kimberley region is travelling to Geneva on Wednesday, determined to champion the rights of Indigenous women and girls on the world stage.
They will represent the Kimberley Aboriginal Women's Council and its Nurturing Spirits Alliance at the UN's Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The council, led and run by Aboriginal women, backs leadership and collective advocacy across the Kimberley.
It formed in 2018, after women from the Kimberley and Pilbara joined forces to organise the North West Aboriginal Women's Leadership Conference in Broome.
The delegation plans to deliver three formal statements at the UN, spotlighting the implementation of Indigenous rights, the impact of artificial intelligence, and the revival of Indigenous languages.
They will draw attention to the high rates of family and domestic violence facing Aboriginal women in the Kimberley, and urge stronger safeguards for Indigenous knowledge, languages, art and heritage as artificial intelligence advances.
The group will also push for greater investment in Indigenous languages, and highlight the vital role women and elders play in passing knowledge to the next generation.
Council chief executive Zaripha Barnes said the delegates would carry generations of knowledge and community-led solutions to Geneva.
"We are proud to share the experiences of Aboriginal women from the Kimberley while learning alongside Indigenous Peoples from around the world," Ms Barnes said.
The federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is backing the delegation's trip.