Alice Tamang featured on F! It! podcast episode

April 2024

Connecting Cultures’ Managing Director, Alice Tamang, features in Episode 4 of F! iT! - a podcast bringing feminist and First Nations approaches to the heart of foreign policy conversations.

Hosted by Gumbaynggirr/Dunghutti woman, Dr. Julie Ballangarry, F! It! explores the perspectives of the world’s foremost First Nations thinkers and feminists. In episode 4, Alice and Jenna Hawes (Ninti One) explain how their experiences and knowledge as First Nations women strengthens their work in international development. Alice and Jenna also share their thoughts on ways in which a First Nations approach to foreign policy can support the decolonisation of development practice.

The five-episode series features interviews with ANU academic and Research Fellow in Indigenous Diplomacies James Blackwell, IWDA’s Alice Ridge, Chair of the UN’s Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Dr Sheryl Lightfoot and Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for First Nations People Justin Mohamed. The final episode wraps up with the wisdom of former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO.

All episodes of the podcast are now available on Spotify and Apple music. For more information: https://iwda.org.au/what-we-do/promoting-systemic-change/f-it-podcast/