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Read more: Budget Submission 2020-2021
WWDACT wishes to highlight several key areas as significant for women, girls, non-binary and feminine identifying people with disabilities in the ACT for the financial year of 2020 – 2021: · Funding for systemic gender-based disability advocacy · Community support during our Royal Commission · Access to government facilities · Transport · Access to crisis…
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Read more: Notice of WWDACT AGM – 29 November 2019
30/10/19 Dear WWDACT Members, Notice of Women with Disabilities ACT Annual General Meeting The Women with Disabilities ACT (WWDACT) ABN 74 908 530 982 Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday the 29th of November 2019 from 6:30pm to 7pm on level 4 of the Marie Reay Teaching Building, 155 University Ave,…
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Read more: WWDACT Response to ACT Budget 2019-2020
WWDACT’s Response to the ACT Budget The 2019-2020 ACT Budget has over all made some good commitments regarding the NDIS, chronic health management, housing and transport. You can read the budget papers on the ACT Treasury website. Starting next year, the budget will be accompanied by social well-being indicators. WWDACT urges the government to prioritise…
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Read more: Report: Contraception, Consent, Respectful Relationships & Sexuality
This is part 2 of the project report for the Contraception and Consent Project, beginning in 2017. The second part of this project looked at the experiences and knowledge of ACTwomen* with disabilities, families, and health and education professionals. Itidentifies what is being done well in the ACT, where there are gaps in services andinformation,…
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Read more: Sue Salthouse on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
Sus Salthouse joined Adam Shirley on ABC Radio Canberra Mornings on Friday May 17th for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Listen to the interview or read the transcript below. Transcript Adam Shirley 0:00 Now but put yourself in the shoes of someone who lives with a disability do so by answering this question. How…
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Read more: WWDACT’s Guide to the 2019 Federal Election
UPDATE 14/05: With the Election drawing close, you can find our your local candidates and the order of the ballot paper using this chat bot from the AEC. We’ve also prepared simple lists in ballot order so you can plan your vote before you head to the polls Candidate list for Bean Candidate list for…
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Read more: Make Renting Fair – Open Letter
WWDACT has signed an open letter with 13 other community organisations to call on the ACT government to bolster their proposed rental reforms by amending the Residential Tenancies Act to abolish no cause, unfair evictions. We know that women with disabilities are often faced with challenges in the private rental market, with a CHOICE report…
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Read more: Submission to the Inquiry into Maternity Services in the ACT
People with disabilities are increasingly exercising their right to become parents, andmaternity services in the ACT need to ensure that models of care are appropriate tofacilitate this. Current models of care are likely to be reactive to the medicaliseddisabilities presented to the health care professionals, rather than pro-active andcollaborative with the mother. Current models of…
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Read more: Social Isolation and Violence by C Moore
This is the script of a speech given by C Moore, WWDACT CEO, at the Canberra Women’s March on January 20th, 2019. Please be aware that this speech contains reference to violence, abuse and sexual assault. Social Isolation and Violence against Women with Disability I am a non-binary, genderqueer person, raised as a woman. I…
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Read more: Vale, Eun Ju
The WWDACT Board was saddened last week to hear of the death of fellow WWDACT director, Eun Ju Kim-Baker. Eun Ju was an accomplished advocate for justice, indigenous rights, gender, sexuality and disability. Eun Ju joined us in 2017, and made a significant contribution to our work. Eun Ju identified as transgender and used the…
