News - Women With Disabilities Australia

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...

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

WWDA Youth Podcast with Ana Pike, Tasmanian Disability Advocate – Now available!

For our seventh episode and first episode of the year, WWDA Youth Advisory Group member Jade Taylor interviews Ana Pike!...

Category Youth Network
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...

WWDA NGO CSW Presentation on Our Site Recording Now Available!

On 15 March 2022, WWDA presented at the 2022 NGOCSW forum about our Our Site website, made by and for...

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

Leadership Statement Launch Webinar – Recording Now Available!

On International Women’s Day – 8th March, WWDA launched the WWDA LEAD Leadership Statement with a great panel of women...

MEDIA RELEASE: Women with Disabilities Australia launches Leadership Statement to challenge ideas and definitions of ‘leadership’.

Embargoed until 3pm AEDT, 8 March 2022 Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is calling on all Australians to rethink leadership...

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

WWDA is presenting at the NGO CSW Forum on Our Site and co-design

On 15 March 2022, WWDA will be presenting at the 2022 NGOCSW forum. Join us for a presentation on our...

Category Leadership and Participation
Date 2 March 22

Key disability advocacy groups join with ACOSS to urge the Government to act on the DSP Senate Inquiry Report

Key disability advocacy groups join with ACOSS to urge the Government to act on the DSP Senate Inquiry Report Whilst...

Category Government Laws and Policy
Date 24 February 22

Join our WWDA LEAD Peer Networking-Impacts of Covid-19, March 16

16 March 2022 Do you want to connect with other disabled women? Join our LEAD virtual peer networking event. Chat...

Category LEAD
Date 23 February 22

Meet the new WWDA President – Jess White!

This month, we interviewed our new WWDA President, Jess White, so you can get to know Jess, what she does...

Category Leadership and Participation
Date 23 February 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...

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 collaborates with AWAVA and NATSIWA to launch Report on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia

The Australian Women Against Violence Alliance’s much-awaited Report on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia...

Category Violence and Safety
Date 17 February 22

WWDA presents at the Global Disability Summit on Our Site website and co-design

As part of the Global Disability Summit today, WWDA hosted a side event on our Internationally recognised Our Site website...

Category Leadership and Participation
Date 16 February 22

WWDA LEAD Scholarships NOW OPEN!

The WWDA LEAD scholarships offer all existing and new WWDA members an opportunity to apply for a range of leadership...

WWDA presentation on co-design at the Global Disability

As part of the Global Disability Summit next week, WWDA is hosting a side event on our Internationally recognised Our...

New National Resource on the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls with Disabilities

Today, Our Watch and Women With Disabilities Victoria have launched a new national, evidence-based resource to guide the prevention of...

Category Violence and Safety
Date 9 February 22

Apply to join our WWDA LEAD National Summit Codesign Committee!

In 2020 WWDA received funding from the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Program to deliver...

Disability Sector Slams National Cabinet’s Omicron Response

Australia’s peak disability representative organisations have written to National Cabinet to detail the unacceptable risks to the lives and health...

Category Government Laws and Policy
Date 25 January 22

WWDA Annual Report 2020-2021

WWDA’s Annual Report for 2020-2021 is now available! This Annual Report provides a summary snapshot of just some of WWDA’s...

Date 18 January 22

WWDA LEAD Scholarships Round Two – Open Soon

The WWDA LEAD scholarships offer all existing and new WWDA members an opportunity to apply for a range of leadership...