Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is the award winning, national Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) and National Women’s Alliance (NWA) for women, girls, and gender diverse people with disabilities in Australia.
We use the term women and girls with disabilities on the understanding that this is inclusive of women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people with disabilities in Australia.
Learn more about these terms in WWDA’s Easy English Fact Sheet: What is LGBTIQA+.
WWDA represents more than two million individuals in Australia. We have affiliate organisations and networks in most States and Territories of Australia and we are internationally recognised.
All of our work is grounded in a human rights-based framework that links gender and disability issues to civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.
To promote the rights of women and girls with disability, WWDA takes part in a range of system advocacy activities. WWDA’s work seeks to support and empower individuals, while also creating greater awareness among governments and other relevant institutions about their obligations to do so.
To learn more about WWDA and how it has evolved over the years, read Our History.
Awards
- Winner, National Violence Prevention Award 1999
- Winner, National Human Rights Award 2001
- Winner, Tasmanian Women’s Safety Award 2008
- Certificate of Merit, Australian Crime & Violence Prevention Awards 2008
- Nominee, French Republic’s Human Rights Prize 2003
- Nominee, UN Millennium Peace Prize for Women 2000
- Nominee, National Disability Awards 2017
- Nominee National Disability Awards 2017
- Nominee UNESCO Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 2021
Aims and Objectives
The aim of WWDA is to promote, protect and advance the human rights and freedoms of women and girls with disabilities in Australia.
The objectives of WWDA are to:
- Promote the participation of women and girls with disabilities in all aspects of social, economic, political and cultural life;
- Advocate on issues of concern women and girls with disabilities in Australia and internationally; and
- Be the national representative organisation women and girls with disabilities in Australia.