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Sexuality and Health
The Sterilisation of Girls with Disability

September 14, 2018

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Opinion: The Sterilisation of Girls with Disability: The State Responsibility to Protect Human Rights

September 14, 2018

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UN Calls on Australia to End Forced Sterilisation

July 25, 2018

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WWDA Meets with Researcher To Talk Sexual Citizenship and Disability

April 9, 2018

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WWDA Survey: Access to Healthcare: Summary Report

April 3, 2018

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WWDA Survey: The Right to Health

February 13, 2018

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Human Rights
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Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Study on the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Girls with Disabilities

May 23, 2017

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Submission to Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) and Related Bills Senate Inquiry

January 27, 2016

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Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Study on the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Girls with Disabilities

January 27, 2016

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WWDA Youth Network Position Statement 4: Sexual and Reproductive Rights

January 27, 2016

Position Statement 4: Sexual and Reproductive Rights
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Brief Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the Right of Persons with Disabilities to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health

January 27, 2016

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WWDA Position Statement 4: Sexual and Reproductive Rights

January 27, 2016

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The Guardian: UN Examines Australia’s Forced Sterilisation of Women with Disabilities

November 11, 2015

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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FIGHT TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN

June 1, 2015

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NEW REPORT: Torture in Healthcare Settings

March 12, 2014

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Letter to the Australian Attorney – General Regarding the United Nations Request for a Formal Response to Allegations of Involuntary Sterilisation of Girls and Women with Disabilities

December 10, 2013

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Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteurs regarding forced sterilisation in Australia

December 10, 2013

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Calling for an end to forced sterilization – 10113

December 10, 2013

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Condemnation of the practice of forced and coerced sterilisation as forms of violence that severely harm physical and mental health and infringe human rights

December 10, 2013

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Submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT)

December 10, 2013

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