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Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners
Our Watch acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land across Australia on which we work and live. We pay respects to Elders past and present and recognise the continuing connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to land, culture, knowledge, and language for over 65,000 years.
As a non-Aboriginal organisation, Our Watch understands that violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children is an issue for the whole community. As highlighted in Our Watch’s national resource Changing the picture, the evidence clearly shows the intersection between racism, sexism, and violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Our Watch has an ongoing commitment to the prevention of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children, who continue to suffer from violence at a significantly higher rate than non-Aboriginal women. We acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations who continue to lead the work of sharing knowledge with non-Indigenous people and relentlessly advocate for an equitable, violence-free future in Australia.
Our vision for reconciliation
Our Watch’s vision for reconciliation is an Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their children live safe, equitable, happy lives, free from all forms of violence.
We are committed to embedding the principles and actions in Changing the picture to our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to ensure our vision for reconciliation remains deeply connected to our organisational purpose to prevent violence against all women in Australia.
Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan 2025-28
Action plan for reconciliation
Our Watch is proud to launch its third RAP – Our Watch Commitment to Action – Stretch RAP 2025-2028. This RAP is intended to strengthen our work addressing the ongoing impacts of colonisation by embedding anti-racism and decolonising practice into everything we do at Our Watch.
The actions in this RAP are underpinned and informed by the wisdom, guidance and cultural expertise of the Our Watch Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Steering Committee, the Our Watch Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Strategy, and independent consultations with four external Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders who Our Watch have engaged with previously. First Nations consultancy firm Murawin facilitated the stakeholder engagement, where organisational partners were invited to share their priorities for shaping Our Watch’s future reconciliation activities.
As part of the development of the Stretch RAP, Our Watch commissioned Journey of Growth (2025) by Gamilaraay artist, Karla McGrady (she/her).
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A series of reports on the actions Our Watch is taking towards reconciliation and preventing violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is driven by the impacts of colonisation and gender inequality.
3 resources in this collection
Changing the picture outlines the actions to address the drivers of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.