Mia Christophersen

Mia’s family is from the Muran tribe in West Arnhem Land. Mia is a community cultural development worker, and has worked as a producer for the Northern Territory Indigenous Music Awards and the Barunga Festival, and as Project Officer for the Darwin Festival and the Indigenous Arts Development Unit of the Northern Territory Government. In these roles, Mia has provided ongoing advocacy and advice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and communities. She is also the Development Coordinator of Indigenous Programs for The Fred Hollows Foundation, coordinating capacity building programs and community development activities for Aboriginal communities. Through this work, Mia has come to assist the DTP in delivering programs supported by the foundation. She hopes to gain insight into the human rights issues facing countries across the Asia-Pacific and hear how other participants are dealing with the issues they face. She hopes to bring this knowledge back to regional and remote Aboriginal communities in Australia to create greater awareness and promote a message of unity in human rights across the region.