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WWDA’s post-event wrap up of CSW67
In early March 2023, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) staff member, and youth delegate, Margherita Dall’Occo-Vaccaro and WWDA Member Kelly...
Join us in our election 2022 asks!
The advocacy priorities of WWDA’s 2022 Election Platform we have showcased across the past month were informed by WWDA’s National...
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Date 20 May 22
Help WWDA beyond the 2022 Election!
WWDA is committed to advocating for the rights of women, girls, feminine-identifying and non-binary people with disability through and beyond...
Register now for our Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) Women With Disability Focus Group Series!
Register for a focus group now via Humanitix! Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA), Harmony Alliance – Migrant & Refugee Women for...
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Date 27 April 22
CSW 66 International Disability Alliance-led Joint Statement
Read by: Sainimili Tawake, Pacific Disability Forum Excellencies, delegates, warm Pacific greetings to you from Fiji. I represent the Pacific...
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Date 24 March 22
Register now for our First Nations Women & Gender Diverse People With Disabilities Yarning Circle!
Hey you women & gender diverse mob with disabilities across the country! Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA), First Peoples Disability Network...
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Date 21 March 22
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...
MEDIA RELEASE: Gender and climate change: Australian NGOs stand up for greater support and role for women facing environmental risks
From today, high level international talks will take place in New York, aimed at reaching a new global agreement to...
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Date 14 March 22
Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Webinar – Recording Now Available
On 17th February, AWAVA, WESNET, NATSIWA and WWDA launched the ‘Report on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based...
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 21 February 22
Meet WWDA’s National Alliance Policy Advisory Group (PAG) Members!
As a new National Women’s Alliance, WWDA has established our first national Policy Advisory Group (PAG). WWDA’s national PAG will...
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Date 18 February 22
WWDA’s Response to the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and related amendments
In December 2021, WWDA wrote to the Attorney General, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash and responded to the Australian Government...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Date 21 December 21
#SmashTheAbleism and End Violence Against Women With Disabilities
This year, WWDA has used the annual #16DaysOfActivism campaign as an opportunity to highlight the specific and unique forms of...
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Date 8 December 21
Apply to join our new Policy Advisory Group (PAG)
In 2021 Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) received funding for the first time from the Australian Federal Government’s Office for...
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Date 1 December 21