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NPY Women’s Council (NPYWC) began as an advocacy organisation for women in the NPY region. Today, it is also the major provider of human services to women and their families. NPYWC is governed and directed by Aboriginal women across twenty-six desert communities in the cross-border regions of Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) lands in central Australia.
NPYWC’s social enterprise, Tjanpi Desert Weavers, empowers Aṉangu women to generate their own income by creating fibre art.
Tjanpi represents over 400 Aboriginal artists from twenty-six remote communities on the NPY Lands. NPYWC have a number of Tjanpi field officers who travel to these twenty-six communities and purchase the women’s artwork, generating local income. NPYWC also supply their artists with materials and run skills development workshops.
Tjanpi’s employment of new staff members has also helped Aṉangu women in creating and selling their artwork. As a result, in the 2022-2023 financial year, Tjanpi Desert Weavers saw:
