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Read more: Submission on a Model for Human Rights Protection
Women With Disabilities ACT believes that the ACT needs a strong, well-resourced body tooversee the protection of human rights in the Territory. It is a matter of pride for theTerritory to have enacted the first statutory ‘bill of rights’ in Australia with the passing of theHuman Rights Act in 2004. It is imperative that it…
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Read more: Report: ACT Women’s experiences with the NDIA
In July 2014, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) [the Agency] opened its doors to the Canberra public charged with the responsibility of introducing the Australian Capital Territory trial of the ambitious and exciting new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) [the Scheme]. The nationwide scheme, being implemented at a number of trial sites around the…
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Read more: Submission on the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework
You can read our submission below.
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Read more: Budget Submission 2015/2016
This budget submission will focus on three (3) key areas. These include:– Social Support Networks– Gendered Disaggregation of data– HousingWWDACT wishes to highlight these areas as the most significant pertaining to women withdisabilities in the ACT for the financial year of 2015 – 2016. You can read our budget submission below.
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Read more: Submission on Development of a Service Delivery Plan for the University of Canberra Public Hospital
Within the human rights context, and as articulated in the UN Convention onthe Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the progressive right to theenjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without discriminationon the basis of disability is fundamental to the design principles of theproposed University of Canberra Public Hospital (UCPH). Also fundamental tothe design…
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Read more: Submission to the ACT Discrimination Act Review
WWDACT believes that the express inclusion of multiple discrimination in The Act will impactpositively on the overall wellbeing of the Australian people.21 WWDACT acknowledge that theimplementation of such a legislative provision will incur costs. However, we believe the overallbenefits on the life-expectancy, income, consumption, productivity, education levels, unemploymentlevels, health and social capital of all stakeholders…
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Read more: Submission on Innovative Housing Opportunities and Supported Living Opportunities in the ACT
Accessibility is a precondition for women and men with disabilities to live independently and participate fully and equally in society. Without access to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communication – including information and communication technologies and systems – and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, people with…
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Read more: Facts on Women with Disabilities in the ACT
The WWDACT Principal Policy Officer, Emilia Della Torre, prepared a set of statistics and facts about Women with Disabilities in the ACT, prepared in April 2014. You can read more about this in the document attached.
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Read more: Facts on Women with Disabilities in the ACT
You can read this factsheet below.
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Read more: Report: Data Set Identification Project
In June 2013, the ACT Disability Advisory Council (DAC) commissioned Women With Disabilities ACT (WWDACT) to undertake work to find what survey and data information about women with disabilities in the ACT is available in the areas of services for health and wellbeing and participation in social and economic life. The work was also to…
