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Megan Davis participates in United Nations forum

Megan Davis. Photo: Wayne Quilliam.

Megan Davis at the 2010 NAIDOC Awards. Photo: Wayne Quilliam.

Megan Davis, the first Indigenous Australian woman to be elected to the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, attended her first session of the forum in New York on 17 May.

Ms Davis joins 16 independent experts nominated by governments and Indigenous organisations across the world to examine Indigenous issues including economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

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