Monthly Archives: July 2017

Journal Article: Violence Against Women with Disabilities: Is Australia Meeting its Human Rights Obligations

Australia has developed a National Disability Strategy and a National Plan of Action on Violence Against Women in response to its international human rights commitments. Neither the Strategy nor the Plan, however, appears to adequately address violence against women with disabilities. Violence disproportionately affects women with disabilities as they are uniquely vulnerable to forms of…

Latest News from Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) – 5 July 2017

Submission: List of Issues to be Adopted During the 18th Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) has prepared a proposed List of Issues to be adopted at the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 18th session (14th August to 1st September 2018), in…