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Describing violence against women in Australia as ‘a national tragedy’, the Australian Greens proposal for a Senate Inquiry into Domestic Violence passed the Senate with tri-partisan support on 26th June 2014, and was subsequently referred to the Australian Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by the 27 October 2014. This…

This Report is the second submitted by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, to the General Assembly, pursuant to resolution 65/187. The report provides an overview of the activities of the Special Rapporteur and discusses the issue of violence against women with disabilities. The present report aims to…

In late 2011, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) was invited by the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, to provide a Submission to the preparation phase of the United Nations Thematic Study on Violence Against Women With Disabilities (A/HRC/RES/17/11). WWDA’s Submission to this global UN study, was published in late December 2011 and aims…

In August 2015 the Australian Cross Disability Alliance made a submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into Violence, Abuse and Neglect against People with Disability in Institutional and Residential Settings. The Australian Cross Disability Alliance (ACDA) is a national representative body, made up of four Disabled People’s Organisations including Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA); People with…

Describing violence against women in Australia as ‘a national tragedy’, the Australian Greens proposal for a Senate Inquiry into Domestic Violence passed the Senate with tri-partisan support on 26th June 2014, and was subsequently referred to the Australian Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by the 27 October 2014. This…

In late 2011, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) was invited by the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, to provide a Submission to the preparation phase of the United Nations Thematic Study on Violence Against Women With Disabilities (A/HRC/RES/17/11). WWDA’s Submission to this global UN study, was published in late December 2011 and aims…

(05.09.2011) The World Medical Association (WMA) and IFHHRO – International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations, today condemned the practice of forced and coerced sterilisation as forms of violence that severely harm physical and mental health and infringe human rights. They said that sterilisation is a form of birth control that should be available,…

On Wednesday 29th May, WWDA member Therese Sands, gave a presentation on behalf of WWDA, at a panel session on Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, at the 2013 Women Deliver Conference, the largest global event of the decade to focus on the health and empowerment of girls and women. The Conference…

Current policies and discourses around addressing and preventing violence against women in Australia have locked us into a particular way of conceptualising violence against women, which falls short in encompassing the key experiences of many women and girls with disabilities. These experiences have been recognised internationally as a central concern, where attention to the nature…

The one-day National Symposium on Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities was held at the Australian Human Rights Commission, Sydney on Friday 25 October 2013. The National Symposium was part of the activities of the Stop the Violence Project (STVP) funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services and implemented by Women With…