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There are no workshops at this time. WWDA is taking Our Site to the next level by increasing the accessibility and usability of the website by and for women with disability. In co-design, we are developing a new section of the existing website that will focus on sex, relationships, relationship education, and the multiple forms of violence and abuse…
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Join the Our Site team for an upcoming series of online co-design workshops throughout July. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to share your thoughts on what women and gender diverse people with disability need when seeking advice about preventing and reducing violence in an online resource. Workshops are 1.5hrs over Zoom, and…
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In June 2023, WWDA delegates and members attended The 16th Session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) also known as COSP16. COSP16 is an international conference on disability rights held at the UN Headquarters each year. WWDA Delegate Margherita Dall’Occo-Vaccaro attended, and you can…
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In May, the Our Site team ran four in-person co-design workshops in Perth and Brisbane. In each state we held one workshop with women and gender diverse people with disability and one workshop with sector representatives. We discussed topics related to relationships, sex and sexuality. We also workshopped what we knew about violence and abuse…
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The CEO of WWDA has been on a whirlwind of activity this month, engaging in her representative work across various national advisory committees. Carolyn stands as WWDA’s representative on numerous national advisory structures. Her collaborations span government departments, agencies, industry bodies, and research institutes, all with a unified goal: to champion and advance the human…
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A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia’ We write in response to the Our Watch Consultation draft of ‘Change the story 2nd edition: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia’ (the draft framework).[1] WWDA thanks the Consultants, and the Our Watch Project Advisory…
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This Submission from Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) introduces into the Royal Commission discussion of sexual and reproductive violence against women and girls with disability. This is a topic that has been largely neglected since the Royal Commission commenced in April 2019, exemplified by the fact there is no Issues paper nor calls for submissions…
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This Submission from Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) introduces into the Royal Commission discussion of sexual and reproductive violence against women and girls with disability. This is a topic that has been largely neglected since the Royal Commission commenced in April 2019, exemplified by the fact there is no Issues paper nor calls for submissions…
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In 2019 we launched oursite.wwda.org.au, a website full of information created by and for women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people. We have recently started a project to expand the site and update it’s current information. In May this year, the Our Site team are inviting women with disabilities and support professionals to come along…
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This week we heard from our new WWDA President Karin Swift, about her experiences at WWDA and what’s next for our organisation. How long have you been a member of WWDA? Circa 1997. I first met our amazing Director, Carolyn Frohmader around then and learned there was an organisation funded to protect the rights of…