News & Blog

What a Leader Looks Like

By Leanne Claussen

WWDA News – November

Yesterday we sent out a WWDA Newsletter to our members and subscribers with updates from the team and the industry....

International Day of People with Disability

Celebrate community diversity on International Day of People with Disability

Category Leadership and Participation
Date 18 November 20

WWDA’s Response to the NDS Position Paper

The National Disability Strategy (NDS) 2010–2020 is a plan to make the lives of people with disability better. The NDS...

Leadership by Example

By Issy Hay

What does leadership mean to you?

By Mali Hermans

WWDA News – October

Today we sent out a WWDA Newsletter to our members and subscribers with updates from the team and the industry....

Meet the artist behind the LEAD artwork – Ailie Banks

We are really fortunate to have Ailie Banks, an amazing illustrator and artist from NSW design our new WWDA LEAD...

WWDA new project: LEAD- Lead, Engage, Activate and Drive

We are so excited to introduce our new NDIA ILC grant funded project WWDA LEAD- Lead, Engage, Activate and Drive. Over...

Disability Royal Commission: WWDA’s Response to Emergency Planning Issues Paper

In 2020 the Disability Royal Commission released an issues paper on Emergency Planning. The issues paper asked 11 questions about...

The Rural Women with Disability COVID-19 webinar

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) would like to thank everyone who attended our webinar yesterday, our panellists for their amazing...

Date 15 October 20

Media Release: #MakeItSafeToSpeak

The Disability Royal Commission has been running for over a year without offering full confidentiality to people with disability making submissions. ...

Category Violence and Safety
Date 13 October 20

Heidi La Paglia wins the Disability Sector Award at Tasmanian Young Achiever Awards Night!

At the Tasmanian Young Achiever Awards tonight, WWDA Policy and Projects Officer, Heidi La Paglia, took out the TADPAC Print...

Category Leadership and Participation
Date 1 October 20

DRC Debrief – with WWDA CEO Carolyn Frohmader

WWDA CEO, Carolyn Frohmader will join Senator Jordon Steele-John, Paula McGowan, Dr. Linda Steele, and Therese Sands to discuss last...

Heidi La Paglia’s presentation at the recent NDS webinar

Last Thursday, 24 September 2020, The Australian Human Rights Commission and the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health...

WWDA News – September

24 September 2020

Jody Barney – speaker at the upcoming Rural Women with Disability COVID-19 Webinar

Today, the 23 September is International Day of Sign Languages, and to celebrate we are introducing our first panellist who...

Date 23 September 20

Apply to join the WWDA Youth Network Advisory Group!

The WWDA Youth Network is seeking expressions of interest from young people with disability who identify as women or non-binary...

Category Leadership and Participation
Date 22 September 20

Call for WWDA Blog Commentary (Paid Opportunity)

Are you a woman, girl or non-binary person with disability that lives in Australia and likes to write, make videos...

WWDA’s top tips for interacting with others on social media

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms are now being used by people from all over the world. There...

Category Violence and Safety
Date 22 September 20

Meet new WWDA member – Jude Marshall

This week WWDA caught up with one of our new members, Jude Marshall, to shine a light on her experience...

Date 20 September 20

The Rural Women with Disabilities COVID-19 Webinar

The experiences of women with disability living in rural, regional or remote areas of Australia during COVID-19.

Date 10 September 20