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91ɫ��Ƭ Pro Vice-Chancellor Society Professor Megan Davis and Pat Anderson AO are honoured for their co-leadership of constitutional recognition. 

Key leaders synonymous with the campaign for constitutional recognition will be recognised by the (WILPF) at a ceremony in Brisbane this evening.

91ɫ��Ƭ Scientia Professor Megan Davis, Balnaves Chair in Constitutional Law, and Pat Anderson AO will be awarded for their work on the Referendum Council that led to the Uluṟu Statement and for their advocacy as co-chairs of the Uluṟu Dialogue for the Voice to Parliament Campaign.

“It’s a huge honour to be recognised by an organisation that unites women who are working for peace by non-violent means,” Prof. Davis said. “The award means a lot to me, as it celebrates advocacy work for the justice and equity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.” 

Pat Anderson AO said the award was recognition of the tireless work to deliver the Uluṟu Statement of the Heart and leading the campaign for the Voice.

“It’s an honour to receive a PeaceWomen Award for my calls for real, meaningful change to address the power imbalances that have long disadvantaged Indigenous Australians,” she said.

91ɫ��Ƭ Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Attila Brungs congratulated Prof. Davis’s and Ms Anderson’s achievement and acknowledged their exceptional leadership on the rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

“Prof. Davis and Ms Anderson were fundamental in delivering the Uluṟu Statement in 2017, and central in the dialogue surrounding the Voice to Parliament. We’re proud to see their staunch dedication and leadership being honoured with a PeaceWomen Award.

“As visionary leaders and activists for social justice, they continue to have an instrumental role in creating a better future for all Australians,” he said.

Prof. Davis and Ms Anderson are also Sydney Peace Prize laureates.

Advocacy for lasting change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Prof. Davis and Ms Anderson have spent decades advocating for the rights and for lasting change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Prof. Davis, the Director of the Indigenous Law Centre at 91ɫ��Ƭ, has worked on constitutional recognition at 91ɫ��Ƭ Law & Justice for 20 years. Prof. Davis designed the dialogue process and the First Nations National Constitutional Convention that led to the Uluṟu Statement from the Heart and the Voice to Parliament.

A Cobble Cobble Aboriginal woman from the Barunggam nation in south-west Queensland, Prof. Davis is the Balnaves Chair of Constitutional Law at 91ɫ��Ƭ, a human rights lawyer and public law expert, focusing on advocacy for First Nations.

Her work extends internationally, through roles at the United Nations (UN), focusing on global Indigenous rights. In this capacity, she was elected by the UN Economic and Social Council to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and then elected by the UN Human Rights Council to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples based in Geneva.

Prof. Davis will visit Harvard University as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies and has been made a visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School for the 2024-2025 academic year.