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Peer Networking Evaluation Briefing Session
Attention WWDA community! Have you attended one of our Peer Networking sessions over the last 3 years? We are hosting...
- Date 21 September 23
WWDA supports a ‘yes’ vote in the Voice to Parliament Referendum
Women With Disabilities Australia stands in solidarity with First Nations communities and First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN), in calling...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Category Human Rights
- Date 7 September 23
Peer Networking September 2023
Join us for Peer Networking in a few weeks! Click here or the button below to register now. Date: September...
- Category LEAD
- Date 6 September 23
Mentoring Evaluation Briefing Session
Did you take part in the WWDA LEAD Mentoring Program? We are running an evaluation event to discuss how the...
- Date 1 September 23
Women’s Health Week: Chronic pelvic pain: the fire within me
This year, from the 4-8 of September we are sharing resources and information dedicated to the health and wellbeing of...
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Category Sexuality and Health
- Date 1 September 23
Recording: Sex and the NDIS
On Saturday, 19 August 2023, WWDA held a forum as part of the NDIS Review to discuss what improvements could...
Our Site co-design workshops update!
Online co-design workshops completed In July and August, the Our Site Team proudly organised a series of six engaging online...
- Category Sexuality and Health
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 29 August 23
WWDA LEAD Mentoring Program closing soon!
Have you been participating in the WWDA LEAD mentoring program this year? The program is wrapping up on September 30th...
- Date 22 August 23
WWDA Membership Satisfaction Survey 2023
The WWDA Membership Satisfaction Survey for 2023 is now open! All WWDA members that complete the survey will receive a...
- Date 21 August 23
Peer Networking August 2023
Peer Networking is only a few weeks away! Click here or the button below to register now. If you require...
- Category LEAD
- Date 9 August 23
NDIS Review: The ‘What we have heard’ Report
The NDIS Review Panel have heard lots of stories from people with disability. They have learned about the challenges that...
- Category Government Laws and Policy
- Category Human Rights
- Date 18 July 23
Sex and the NDIS – WWDA Forum
People with disability have the right to make choices about their bodies, including about sex! You are invited to an...
Peer Networking July: NDIS Review 2023
Join us for Peer Networking in a few weeks! Click here or the button below to register now. This July,...
- Category LEAD
- Date 5 July 23
NAIDOC Week – For Our Elders
Across Australia this week, we stand in solidarity with our First Nations Members and community to celebrate NAIDOC week. This...
- Date 3 July 23
‘Have Your Say’ Our Site Survey
The Our Site team today launched their national online ‘Have Your Say’ Survey. The survey continues the co-design approach as...
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 28 June 23
‘Have Your Say’ Our Site Online Workshops
Join the Our Site team for an upcoming series of online co-design workshops throughout July. As a participant, you will...
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 22 June 23
WWDA at COSP16
In June 2023, WWDA delegates and members attended The 16th Session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the...
- Category Human Rights
- Category Sexuality and Health
- Date 21 June 23
Oceanic Pacific Regional Convening of the Women Deliver 2023 Conference
Last week, WWDA Staff member Sophie Cusworth attended the Oceanic Pacific Regional Convening of the Women Deliver 2023 Conference. The event was a...
- Category Human Rights
- Category National Women's Alliance
- Date 20 June 23
The Our Site Co-design in-person workshops were a success!
In May, the Our Site team ran four in-person co-design workshops in Perth and Brisbane. In each state we held...
- Category Violence and Safety
- Date 15 June 23
Peer Networking June 2023
Join us for Peer Networking in a few weeks! Click here or the button below to register now. Date: June...
- Category LEAD
- Date 7 June 23
2023 CEO Update
The CEO of WWDA has been on a whirlwind of activity this month, engaging in her representative work across various...
Peer Networking May 2023
Join us for Peer Networking in a few weeks! Click here or the button below to register now. Date: May...
- Category LEAD
- Date 10 May 23
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...
- Category Disability Royal Commission
- Category Human Rights
- Date 20 April 23
Our Site expansion: ‘Have Your Say’ Workshops – apply now!
In 2019 we launched oursite.wwda.org.au, a website full of information created by and for women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary...
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...