Apply now for the WWDA LEAD Mentoring Program! We’re excited to announce we have launched our new WWDA LEAD mentoring program. This is a 12-month program designed to build the confidence, skills and capacity of our members. If you are a woman, girl, feminine identifying or non-binary person with disability looking to build your leadership skills…
The advocacy priorities of WWDA’s 2022 Election Platform we have showcased across the past month were informed by WWDA’s National Policy Advisory Group (PAG) members, representing different cohorts of women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people with disability across Australia. We thank Bethany Cody, Bonney Corbin, Tabitha Lean, Cheryl Parker, Blanca Ramirez, Azure Rigney, Katie…
The Our Site report provides a comprehensive overview of how the Our Site website was developed with the input of over 100 women with disability across Australia. An Easy Read summary of the report is also available. Our Site was created by and for women with disability through a national two-year project led by WWDA.…
Today, the Department of Social Services (DSS) launched the second stage of consultations on the National Disability Strategy. If you are a person with disability, carer, parent or supporter, DSS wants yours feedback on the proposals for the next Strategy, as set out in a new National Disability Strategy position paper. You can download, read…
Over the last few weeks, WWDA staff member and a young woman with disability, Heidi La Paglia, has been working with the Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network (CCYDN) and the UK based organisation, Include Me TOO to develop a statement with recommendations to address the global impact of COVID-19 on children and young people with disability. On Friday evening, the CCYDN launched the statement via a webinar, with speeches from young people with disability representatives from around the world, including Heidi who spoke about the experiences of girls and young women with disability. “Throughout the…