BBN NOOYA BOORAI

In this short documentary, we use artwork by Gunnai Kurnai artists Diane Morgan and Ann-Marie Morgan to explore the theme of preventing violence against women. Di and Ann-Marie’s artworks symbolise a prevention-focused approach to addressing violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and are displayed at Yowinna Wurnalung Aboriginal Healing Service (YWAHS).
The artworks have been used as tools in the ongoing development and implementation of Nooya Boorai Karobran Door-au-bun and Balit Booboop Narrkwarren (BBN), and are also incorporated into Champion Training. BBN is an approach that supports Aboriginal families including children, young people and elders, to build respectful, culturally rich, strong and healthy relationships.
Sometimes referred to as primary prevention, the paintings represent an approach that addresses the underlying drivers of family violence, aiming to stop it before it occurs, rather than responding only after it has become a harmful and costly crisis. Preventing violence is everyone’s responsibility, and this approach affirms that we all have a role to play in changing the cultures, structures and attitudes that allow violence to persist. Prevention is about social change.