Please note Our Place has now been changed to Our Site.
What is it and why is it important?
There are currently over 2 million women and girls with disability in Australia. Women and girls with disability represent one of the most marginalised and disadvantaged groups in the country. They continue to experience widespread discrimination and violations of their rights and freedoms.
In 2018 Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) received funding through the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Program to create a new website for women and girls (aged 15 and over) with disability.
The new website, Our Site (previously Our Place), is being created by women and girls with disability for women and girls with disability. Over 100 women with disability across Australia have directly contributed to the design and development of the website.
Our Site will provide practical resources and information across five main areas:
– Human rights
-Leadership and participation
-Decision making and choices
-Sexual and reproductive health and rights
-Safety from all forms of violence.
Our Site will address the severe lack of targeted resources on these topics available in formats that are inclusive and accessible to women and girls with disability.
It will also showcase real stories from over 40 women with disability across Australia.
