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Disability Royal Commission suspends all public events
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has suspended public hearings, due to concerns...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Category Human Rights
- Date 19 March 20
International Women’s Day lifts the lid on human rights for women and girls with disability
Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) has launched a new website, Our Site, just in time for International Women’s Day. The...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 6 March 20
New website champions the rights of women and girls with disability in Australia
(previously called Our Place) Over 100 women and girls with disability across Australia helped to create ‘Our Site’, a new...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 5 March 20
Help promote Our Site (previously Our Place)
Can you help to promote our new website for women and girls with disability, Our Site? Women With Disabilities Australia...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 17 February 20
Our Place set to launch March 6
Please note Our Place has now been changed to Our Site. What is it and why is it important? There...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 28 January 20
Position paper: The Status of Women and Girls with Disability in Australia
In 1995, the United Nations in Beijing, China held the Fourth World Conference on Women where all attending nations agreed...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 5 December 19
WWDA at UN COSP12: Full Report
This year Women With Disabilities Australia attended the 12th Conference of State Parties (COSP12) on the Convention on the Rights...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 23 July 19
Have Your Say: Consultation Survey Launched for United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Shadow Report
A civil society CRPD Shadow Report Working Group, made up of Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs), disability representative and advocacy organisations...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 12 April 19
Royal Commission to Bring Justice for People with Disability
People with disability welcome the Federal Government’s commitment to fully funding our Royal Commission, as revealed in the 2019-20 Budget....
Seeking Expressions of Interest for Expert Advisory Panel!
WWDA is seeking expert advisors for the Virtual Centre Women and Girls with Disability Australia (WWDA) has received funding to develop a...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 13 March 19
WWDA Announces New Virtual Centre for Women and Girls with Disability
Women with Disabilities Australia is excited to announce that it has received funding from the NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 10 March 19
Factsheet: The Status of Women and Girls with Disability In Australia 2018
Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) has prepared a brief factsheet on the status of women and girls with disability in...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 20 November 18
Joint Statement on Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse and Neglect of People with Disability
Joint statement by Disabled People’s Organisations Australia (DPO Australia) and Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA). DPO Australia...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Category Human Rights
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 20 September 18
Submission: Response to Australia’s Draft Sixth Periodic Report Under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
In September 2018, WWDA made a submission to the Australian Government in response to their Draft Sixth Periodic Report Under...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 11 September 18
UN CRPD and CEDAW Committees Call for Guarantee of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Women with Disabilities
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 6 September 18
WWDA Submission to Australia’s Review Under CEDAW
This week the United Nations is reviewing Australia’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 2 July 18
Happy International Women’s Day 2018
Happy International Women’s Day from all of us at WWDA! Today, we celebrate the generations of women and girls with...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 8 March 18
WWDA Joins Civil Society Groups Welcoming Australia’s Ratification of Torture Treaty
WWDA joins with our civil society colleagues in welcoming the Commonwealth Attorney General’s announcement that Australia had ratified an international...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 18 December 17
Report: DPO Australia Delegation to Geneva for Australia Review Under Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
In October 2017, WWDA and our DPO Australia colleagues joined a delegation of non-government representatives in Geneva to brief the...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 5 December 17
International Day to End Violence Against Women 2017
November 25 marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Today also marks the beginning of UN Women‘s...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 25 November 17
Rosemary Kayess Australian Nominee for UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
WWDA Congratulates Rosemary Kayess who has been nominated by Australia as a candidate for election to the United Nations Committee...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 5 November 17
Journal Article: Violence Against Women with Disabilities: Is Australia Meeting its Human Rights Obligations
Australia has developed a National Disability Strategy and a National Plan of Action on Violence Against Women in response to...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 11 July 17
Submission: List of issues to be adopted during the 18th Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) has prepared a submission for and on behalf of Disabled People’s Organisations Australia (DPO Australia)...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 30 June 17
WWDA Attains Special Consultative Status with United Nations ECOSOC
Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is excited to announce that we have received Special Consultative Status with the United Nations...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 18 May 17
Happy International Women’s Day!
“The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organisation but to the...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 8 March 17