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'Cathy Eatock is a Gayiri/Badtjula woman, with traditional ties to the lands of central Queensland. Cathy is a PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney where her thesis is considering the capacity of the United Nations to support the recognition of Indigenous rights. Cathy is the elected Co-Chair of the Indigenous Peoples' Organisation-Australia (IPO) (2016-cur- rent). The IPO is a national coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and individuals committed to advocating for the rights of Indigenous peoples. Cathy is also the elected Pacific Representative to the Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2022-25).'
