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Recording available for recent Neve virtual event!

In June 2024, the Neve team held a virtual side event at the 17th Session of the Conference of States...

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) Responds to 2024-25 Federal Budget

17 May 2024, Hobart, TAS Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) acknowledges the 2024-25 Federal Budget but expresses concern over the...

WWDA Celebrates Launch of Groundbreaking Website, Neve

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) was thrilled to officially launch Neve, a revolutionary website co-designed for women, girls, feminine-identifying, and...

Neve is Live. A new era of online accessibility and empowerment for our community

Today, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is thrilled to officially launch Neve, a ground-breaking website co-designed by and for women,...

Media Release: New resource to help prevent violence and abuse against women with disabilities

Women with disabilities have a new tool to improve their wellbeing and help them stay safe, filling a critical information...

Our newest co-designed community resource launches next week!

We are thrilled to announce that on Thursday, 16 May 2024, our community will come together to launch Neve, a...

WWDA’s update on the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68)

On the 10th of April 2024, WWDA’s Policy Officer, Clare Gibellini, arrived in New York to attend the 68th Session...

Our Site is turning Four!  

Our Site was launched on International Women’s Day, 8th March 2020 as a virtual support centre for women, girls, feminine...

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...

‘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...

‘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...

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...

2023 CEO Update

The CEO of WWDA has been on a whirlwind of activity this month, engaging in her representative work across various...

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...

National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032

On Monday, 17 October 2022, The Commonwealth, state and territory governments released the National Plan to End Violence against Women...

WWDA Board Member, Kat Reed, on #QandA: The Choice: Violence or Poverty

Last Friday night on July 8 2022, The ABC broadcast a Q+A episode that discussed the cruel choice facing Australian...

Disability Royal Commission private sessions closing 30 June

Applications to attend a private session close on 30 June, 2022. The Disability Royal Commission will be taking applications for...

Federal Budget lacks targeted measures to reduce violence against women with disability

Australia’s peak body organisation run by and for women with disability is disappointed that this years Federal Budget does not...

WWDA joins Triple J Hack to discuss Royal Commission Hearing on Women and Girls With Disability

On Monday night, WWDA staff Tess Moodie and Heidi La Paglia Reid and WWDA member Deb Thomson spoke on Triple...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Videos and transcripts for Public Hearing 20 now available!

Disability Royal Commission public hearing 20 transcripts and video available online. Public hearing 20 was held online in early December...