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This year, WWDA has used the annual #16DaysOfActivism campaign as an opportunity to highlight the specific and unique forms of gender-based violence women, girls, feminine-identifying and non-binary people with disabilities still experience in our community. From forced sterilisation, forced contraception use, forced abortion and child removals to lawful violence in the form of guardianship orders…
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In 2021, woman with disability, writer and survivor advocate, Deb Thomson spoke to WWDA for a second time about her experiences as a survivor, two-time author and leader since she started speaking out about violence.
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In 2020 the Disability Royal Commission released an issues paper on Violence and Abuse at Home. The issues paper includes 13 questions asking the public to share their views about how people with disability experience violence and abuse where they live. You can read and download the issues paper on the Royal Commission website. WWDA has…
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By Carolyn Frohmader and Heidi La Paglia
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Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!
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On 20 October 2020, WWDA’s Project and Policy Officer, Heidi La Paglia, spoke at a webinar hosted by the Australian Women Against Violence Alliance on freedom from sexual and gender-based violence. If you missed the live event, you can watch the webinar below:
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In August 2020, WWDA made a submission to the House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Inquiry into Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence. It is now well known that compared to our peers, women and girls with disability experience significantly higher levels of all forms of violence, more intensely and frequently. Our experiences…
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The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is seeking information about the use of restrictive practices on people with disability. Restrictive practice refers to any action that limits the rights or freedom of movement of a person. Restrictive practices are used in many settings, such as homes, including group homes,…
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The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is seeking information about the experiences of people with disability during recent emergencies in Australia. The Emergency planning and response issues paper published today seeks feedback about what can be done to improve the safety and wellbeing of people with disability during…
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In 2019, the Federal Government announced that they would be conducting a Royal Commission into the epidemic of violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect against people with disability. In 2015, a Senate inquiry found widespread rates of violence and abuse against people with disability, and strongly recommended holding a Royal Commission, and in 2017, over 100 acadmeics and over…