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Sexual and reproductive rights are human rights. All young women and girls have the right to make free and informed decisions about their bodies, sexuality, health, relationships, without discrimination, stigma or violence. In this statement, find out more about WWDA Youth Network’s position on sexual and reproductive rights. Copyright WWDA 2017.

Young women and girls with disability have the same rights as all other people, however often these rights are not realised because of violence, discrimination, inequality and lack of access. In this position statement, we summarise some of the key issues covered in the other six WWDA Youth Network position statements. Copyright WWDA 2017.

In November 2015, the Australian Cross Disability Alliance (ACDA) in collaboration with the Women with Disabilities Australia Youth Network (WWDAYouth), and the Victorian Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS), hosted a national forum of young people with disability on the theme of sexual and reproductive rights. The Youth with Disability National Forum was held as part of an exciting and innovative global…

WWDA has just sent out our latest bulletin to our subscribers. This special feature edition collects several articles and and an interview regarding the recent Senate Inquiry into violence, neglect and abuse of people with disability in institutional and residential settings. It also provides some useful links for further information. Access the latest bulletin here:…

On International Day of People with Disability, 3rd December 2015, WWDA CEO Carolyn Frohmader was interviewed by Annemarie Reyes, producer of Radio Atticus, a law and justice radio show broadcast nationally on community radio, regarding recent calls for a Royal Commission into all forms of disability violence in Australia. An except is provided below. Access links below to listen…

In This Edition WWDA Quarterly Progress Report Released WWDA AGM Thursday Revised and Updated: Preventing Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities NDIS Quality and Safeguards Framework Report Released White Flower Memorial New Mental Health App For Teen Girls El Gibbs on the Politics and the National Disability Strategy Destroy the Joint: Silencing Disabled Women’s…

In This Edition NDIS ILC Co-Design Online Forum Report Now Available WWDA AGM 26th November 2015 WWDA Speaks to The Guardian about Forced Sterilisation in Australia WWDA Attends SDG Gender Equality Conference UN Has Serious Concerns About Human Rights Violations Against Australians with Disability Young Australians with Disability: Successful Contributors to Global Youth Disability Initiative…

MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 10 November 2015 UNITED NATIONS: Serious Concerns about human rights violations against Australians with disability The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) has raised serious concerns about human rights violations against Australians with disability during its review of Australia’s human rights record overnight in Geneva. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) allowed member…

In This Edition: Young Australians with Disability to Contribute to Global Youth Disability Initiative UN Expert Urges States to Make Their Social Protection Systems More Inclusive New UN Report on the Right to Adequate Housing for People with Disability Living in Cities ACDA Presentation from International Expert Group Meeting Now Available The Australian Criminal Justice…