Have Your Say

WWDA regularly seeks feedback from our diverse community to improve our work and better understand the  issues that matter to you.

We invite everyone – women, girls and gender-diverse individuals with disabilities, their families, carers, friends, allies and professionals to share their insights through our surveys. 

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Opportunities

Research

Disability and Health Priorities

Researchers at the Disability Innovation Institute at UNSW are conducting a project about the methods that are most useful when researching the health and health priorities of people with disability.

They are looking to recruit people who:

  • Are 18 years of age or over 
  • Are a recognised representative of a Disability Representative Organisation or Disabled People’s Organisation 
  • You can communicate with the English-speaking researcher. This may include using Auslan through an interpreter, alternative or augmentative communication devices (AAC) with assistance from a support person, or writing responses in English.  
  • Live in Australia

This research requires participants to take an online questionnaire, join an online focus group, or attend an online one-to-one interview.

To register your interest, contact Jodi Lamanna by email (j.lamanna@unsw.edu.au) or call 02 9348 3307.

Event

Safer Together's 2026 Big Meeting

The Safer Me Safer You project invites you to join their 2026 Big Meeting, a free event to bring together people with disability to talk about sexual and social safety, and how it shapes their lives.

It will feature speakers, performers and panelists with disability to highlight the voices and experiences of people with disability, while also challenging the stereotypes and stigma they face in finding safety.

Join in-person in Canberra or online via Zoom on Tuesday 23 June 2026. Find out more here: https://safermesaferyou.org.au/

Campaign

End Partner Income Testing

WWDA supports the End Partner Income Testing (PIT) campaign as part of broader, urgent reform to the Disability Support Pension.

Right now, programs, such as the Disability Support Pension, involve partner income assessments to determine whether people with disabilities “need” support payments. This can force women, girls and gender-diverse people to rely on their partner’s income or assets, even when that relationship is unsafe or unstable.

Disability support reform is essential to ensuring people can live safely, independently and with dignity.

Click here to find out more or share your story.

 

Research

Impact of AI in Recruitment - UoM study

Researchers at the University of Melbourne are exploring how AI affects job applicants with disability and from culturally diverse groups when used by employers in recruitment. They hope to better understand the impact of AI to improve laws and policies that protect the human rights of disadvantaged job seekers.

You can participate if you:

  • Have experienced interacting with AI to get a job or promotion in Australia
  • Are aged between 18 and 64 years
  • Meet one or more of the following:
    • Identifies as a person with disability or chronic health condition, including mental health conditions
    • Identifies as belonging to a culturally or racially marginalised group
    • Was born outside Australia
    • Has English as a second language

This paid opportunity involves an interview or group discussion. For more information, click here.

To participate, contact Dr. Natalie Sheard by email (n.sheard@unimelb.edu.au).