Chay Brown is born and raised in Mparntwe Alice Springs and works closely with Aboriginal women’s groups in the Northern Territory to prevent family violence. Chay has lived experience of domestic, family, and sexual violence and regularly speaks as a survivor-advocate to inform policy and programming responses. Chay’s doctoral research explored what works to prevent violence against women in the Northern Territory, which led to the development of a Northern Territory specific violence prevention framework. Chay was also the project lead on research exploring experiences of technology-facilitated abuse among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in regional and remote areas and the lead author of the ‘Rante rante ampe Marle and Urreye’ Research Report – the first evaluation of primary prevention projects in the Northern Territory. Chay co-authored Australia’s National Plan to end violence against women and children 2022-2032, the Global Shared Research Agenda for research on violence against women in low-and middle-income countries, and the State of Knowledge Paper on the perpetration of domestic, family, and sexual violence in Australia.
Kayla Glynn-Braun is a proud Wiradjuri Woman from New South Wales and has lived in Australia’s Northern Territory for over a decade with her darling husband Kenny. She grew up in a Black, radical household. Kayla has worked within the community and housing sector for over a decade and has worked in frontline services responding to domestic, family, and sexual violence. With a background in housing and social environments, Kayla has previously been involved in homelessness services, housing policy and systems, case management, and program management. Kayla is particularly passionate about the critical and urgent need for Australia to address violence perpetrated against First Nations women. Kayla has seen firsthand the impacts are on colonization on First Nation people and has lived experience with violence, poverty, the justice system, and colonization.