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Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is saddened and outraged at the events that were portrayed in last night’s ABC Four Corners Program, State Control. This program reveals the reality of the lives of many Australians with disabilities, who say they’ve been virtually abducted by the state, stripped of their assets, and stopped from speaking out –…

Now is the time to share your experience of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation with the Disability Royal Commission. Applications for private sessions end on 30 June, 2022 and submissions close 31 December 2022. If you would like more information please get in touch with our DRC project officer, Tess by emailing tessm@wwda.org.au

This ground breaking report explores a range of issues associated with gender-based violence and its impact on young women and non-binary people. Drawing on both the 2021 survey conducted by the Australian Women Against Violence Alliance (AWAVA) and translated into Easy English by Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA), as well as a subsequent community forum…

As a new National Women’s Alliance, WWDA has established our first national Policy Advisory Group (PAG). WWDA’s national PAG will act as an important vehicle to amplify the voices, insight and knowledge of different cohorts of women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people with disability. These include First Nations women with disability, LGBTIQA+ women and…

Last week, Director of Policy and Programs, Heidi La Paglia represented WWDA on an ANROWS webinar about financial abuse. Heidi raised a number of key recommendations on the panel needed to address financial abuse against women with disability, including ensuring that the National Plan to end violence against women and children is inclusive of all forms of gender-based violence, prioritising co-design with…

WWDA Executive Director Carolyn Frohmader gave evidence at Public Hearing 17, Part 1 (online) held on the 13th and 14th October, 2021. As a witness on day 2 of the hearing, WWDA CEO Carolyn Frohmader gave evidence alongside Dr Linda Steele.  Carolyn spoke about the denial of women and girls with disabilities access to sexual…

Content Note – post discusses violence against people with disability. . . Summary of Day 1 for Disability Royal Commission public hearing 17 (online). Public hearing 17 (Part 1 – online): ‘The experience of women and girls with disability with a particular focus on family, domestic and sexual violence’ is focusing on the experience of…

Public hearing 17: ‘The experience of women and girls with disability with a particular focus on family, domestic and sexual violence’ will focus on the experience of women and girls with disability with a particular focus on family, domestic and sexual violence. This will be the first hearing of the Royal Commission to focus the…

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Content Note: This episode discusses topics that may be triggering for some listeners, including grooming, childhood sexual violence and abuse. If you are affected by violence, or the discussion in this podcast, you can contact 1800 RESPECT for support and counselling on 1800 737 732 or chat online. … For this episode, WWDA Youth Advisory Group…