Borning: Pmere Laltyeke Anwerne Ampe Mpwaretyeke ; Congress Alukura by the Grandmother's Law: A Report prepared by the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress.

Abstract

We have lived by our strong Grandmother's Law for a long time now. Our Law has been violated since the white man came. Our babies die. Our women are shamed. We have no choice but to tell our story. We regret making known to all our sacred women's business. We talk in whispers about this Law. Now it is in bold print. When you have read this story, you will know our shame and our sadness. And you will know why we want our Congress Alukura for our children's children. We appeal to the funding bodies and the Australian public to read our story and help us implement the recommendations which have been strongly voiced by many hundreds of Aboriginal women in Central Australia. We want healthy babies and we want our Law. We thank Dr Neal Blewett for his consistent support throughout this research program. We also thank Janet Layton and Andrea Larkins, from the Commonwealth Department of Health, and Pat Turner from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (Alice Springs) for their advice and support. We remind you that the United Nations has declared 1975-19.85 the International Decade for Women. The women are waiting for this Congress Alukura.

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