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WWDA News April 13th 2017
WWDA’s latest weekly newsletter is is out now! Catch up on our latest human rights, policy and systemic advocacy activities,...
- Date 13 April 17
Latest Weekly Newsletter from WWDA
WWDA’s latest weekly newsletter is is out now! Catch up on our latest human rights, policy and systemic advocacy activities,...
- Date 6 April 17
Disability Groups Call For Royal Commission Into Violence Against People With Disability
Tonight’s ABC Four Corners report, ‘Fighting the System’ exposed more evidence of the appalling levels of violence and abuse against...
- Date 27 March 17
Disability Groups Stand Together Against Transport Cuts
“People with disability need more access to transport, not less” WWDA has joined with over 25 disability groups from across...
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 21 March 17
Vale Joan Hume OAM
WWDA was deeply saddened to learn of the death on 10th March 2017 of one of our esteemed founding and life...
- Date 10 March 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
Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Releases Initial Findings from Country Visit to Australia
Dubravka Šimonović, the UN Special Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences, has completed her official mission...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 28 February 17
WWDA Strategic Plan 2017-2021
Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is pleased to release our next Strategic Plan for the period 2017 to 2021. Our Strategic Plan...
- Date 16 February 17
Report: WWDA National Forum for Women and Girls with Disability: Proceedings and Outcomes
The WWDA National Forum for Women and Girls with Disability was held in Melbourne on 6 April 2016, at the...
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 10 January 17
DPOA Letter of Complaint to ABC News, 12 December 2016
WWDA has prepared and sent the following letter of complaint to the ABC on behalf of Disabled People’s Organisations Australia...
- Date 13 December 16
WWDA Release New Human Rights Toolkit for Women and Girls with Disability
On the eve of International Human Rights Day, 10th December, WWDA is excited to release our Human Rights Toolkit for...
- Date 9 December 16
WWDA Annual Report 2015-2016
WWDA are pleased to release our Annual Report for the 2015-2016 financial year. This Annual Report provides a summary snapshot of...
- Date 1 December 16
Report on CRPD 10 Years Conference, Seoul, Korea
WWDA has an international reputation as a leader in the promotion of human rights for women and girls with disability....
- Category Human Rights
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 25 November 16
Media Release: Action urgently needed to stop violence against women with disability
Violence against women with disability occurs at alarming levels in Australia: at least twice the rate of other women. Today,...
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 25 November 16
International Day to End Violence Against Women 2016
According to the UN Women, one in three women around the world experience violence in their lifetime, often at the...
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 25 November 16
WWDA Presenting Paper at International Conference Commemorating 10 Years of the CRPD
This week WWDA Board Member Karin Swift will be presenting at the Disability Arts and Cultural Network International (WWDACN) Conference in...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 19 October 16
WWDA News October 2016
WWDA Submission to UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) WWDA recently made a...
- Date 13 October 16
Media Release: WWDA funding boost to mark International Day of the Girl Child
WWDA is excited to announce that Federal Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, has today announced a additional...
- Date 11 October 16
Making 1800RESPECT More Accessible for Women and Girls with Disability
Between January and August 2016 Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) conducted a six-month project to assess the adequacy and accessibility...
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 21 September 16
UN Committee on the CRPD Release General Comment on Article 6: Women With Disability
The United Nations Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) have released a draft General...
- Category Human Rights
- Date 30 August 16
Opinion: Unfettered Ability – Cheryl McDonnell
Written by Cheryl McDonnell 22 June 2016 (c) 2016 Cheryl McDonnell Download: Unfettered Ability [PDF] Unfettered Ability [DOC] Unfettered Ability...
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 26 July 16
WWDA Attending Women’s Human Rights Education Institute Intensive Program, Toronto, Canada, August 2016
WWDA’s Youth Network Manager Cashelle Dunn has been accepted into the prestigious Women’s Human Rights Education Institute (WHRI) Intensive three-part...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 26 July 16
Opinion: Bonsai Babies – Cheryl McDonnell
Written by Cheryl McDonnell 22 June 2016 (c) 2016 Cheryl McDonnell In June 2016, SBS Television aired a program which...
- Category Leadership and Participation
- Date 14 July 16
LET’S LOOK TO THE FUTURE! #COSP9
A delegation representing the Australian Cross Disability Alliance (ACDA) attended the 9th Session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). #COSP9 ran from 14th to 16th June 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. It was a significant year, as 2016 will mark ten years since the United Nations’ adoption of the CRPD. The...
- Category Human Rights
- Category LEAD
- Category Youth Network
- Date 24 June 16
WWDA News 26th May 2016
In This Edition: WWDA members participate in roundtable on violence against women with disability Cheryl McDonnell: The violence continues but...
- Date 26 May 16