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2022/23 WWDA Annual General Meeting Update

At the recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Friday, December 15, 2023, we would like to thank President Karin...

Disability Royal Commission: WWDA’s Submission on Sexual and Reproductive Rights

This Submission from Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) introduces into the Royal Commission discussion of sexual and reproductive violence against...

How can you LEAD in your business?

Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is a Disabled People’s Organisation for women, girls, feminine identifying people, and nonbinary folk with...

Public hearing 23 running 16-20th May

Content warning: mentions abuse and violence towards people with disability. . . Public hearing 23 continues today. Public hearing 23...

Category Disability Royal Commission
Date 17 May 22

WWDA joins Triple J Hack to discuss Royal Commission Hearing on Women and Girls With Disability

On Monday night, WWDA staff Tess Moodie and Heidi La Paglia Reid and WWDA member Deb Thomson spoke on Triple...

Disability Royal Commission public hearing 17 (part 2) starts on Monday 28th March.

Content Note – post discusses violence against people with disability. . . Disability Royal Commission (DRC) public hearing 17 (part...

MEDIA RELEASE: Four Corners Guardianship Expose Reveals the Stark Reality of Many Women With Disabilities

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is saddened and outraged at the events that were portrayed in last night’s ABC Four Corners...

Change starts with your story

Now is the time to share your experience of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation with the Disability Royal Commission. Applications...

Category Disability Royal Commission
Date 3 March 22

Our Disability Royal Commission video now in Auslan!

Our Disability Royal Commission video is now available to view in Auslan. You can find it on our YouTube channel...

Category Disability Royal Commission
Date 17 January 22

Videos and transcripts for Public Hearing 20 now available!

Disability Royal Commission public hearing 20 transcripts and video available online. Public hearing 20 was held online in early December...

Disability Royal Commission Videos in Indigenous Languages

Our video about the Disability Royal Commission has now been translated into three Indigenous languages for First Nations people, or...

Category Disability Royal Commission
Date 12 November 21

Easy English Fact Sheets for the Disability Royal Commission are now available!

We now have Easy English fact sheets about the Disability Royal Commission available. WWDA Easy English Fact Sheet: Our Royal...

Category Disability Royal Commission
Date 11 November 21

Key issues from Public Hearing 17, Part 1 (online)

WWDA Executive Director Carolyn Frohmader gave evidence at Public Hearing 17, Part 1 (online) held on the 13th and 14th...

Category Disability Royal Commission
Date 22 October 21

DRC Public hearing Day #1

Content Note – post discusses violence against people with disability. . . Summary of Day 1 for Disability Royal Commission...

Category Disability Royal Commission
Date 13 October 21

Disability Royal Commission Public Hearing 17 update!

Public hearing 17: ‘The experience of women and girls with disability with a particular focus on family, domestic and sexual...

Category Disability Royal Commission
Date 11 October 21

Hobart DRC public hearing postponed!

Unfortunately, the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) Public Hearing on ‘The Health and Safety of Women and Girls With Disability’ due to be held in Hobart...

Category Disability Royal Commission
Date 13 September 21