NPY Women's Council
The Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women's Council is a community based community organisation formed in 1980 delivering services to the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara women in the central desert region of Australia across the borders of the Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia with its headquarters in Alice Springs. It provides a range of community, family, research and advocacy services.
It addresses the common interests and family and cultural connections of women and their communities in its area of coverage: being the
- Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia
- the Ngaanyatjarra Lands both leasehold and native title lands in Western Australia and
- Imanpa, Mutitjulu, Docker River and Aputula in the Northern Territory
The Women's Council has been an advocate of the Northern Territory Emergency Response.Awards
The NPY Women's Council has achieved recognition for its work, awards include:
