Wakwakurna Kanyini is the new peak body for South Australian Aboriginal children and young people.
We spoke to Ashum Owen on her first week on the job as Wakwakurna Kanyini’s inaugural Chief Executive about her plans for the organisation.
$3.2 million has been invested into this new peak body by the state government, and it will begin operating in September.
Ashum is a Kaurna, Narungga and Ngarrindjeri woman with a background in law, policy and advocacy. She practised as a solicitor in the NT, assisting and advocating for Indigenous families in areas such as child protection, domestic and family violence and family law.
Her most recent role was policy analysis in support of the Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People upholding the rights of Aboriginal children and families, and she was recently involved in the inquiry into the application of the child placement principle in SA, which culminated in the Holding on to Our Future Report.
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