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Media Release: Lack of disability strategy funds makes for a ‘disappointing’ ACT Budget

June 27, 2023

Canberra organisations representing people with disability have said the failure to deliverfunding for disability strategies, especially the Disability Health Strategy, means that this is adisappointing Budget for people with disability. They have however welcomed the Government’s indication that it is committing to fundedand comprehensive disability strategies and also noted positive standalone initiatives inareas like housing,

Media release: 2023 Budget – Barr Government must fund promised disability strategies

June 19, 2023

Canberra organisations representing people with disability have come together urging ACTChief Minister and Treasurer Andrew Barr to deliver on ACT Government commitments topeople with disability when he hands down next week’s ACT Budget. Organisations have joined forces to urge the ACT Treasurer to deliver funding for promiseddisability strategies, including the ACT Disability Strategy and sub

2023/2024 Submission to the ACT Budget Consultation

April 18, 2023

WWDACT has made our submission to the 2023/2024 ACT Budget Consultation. In our submission we called for: We also joined other disability organisations in calling for disability strategies to be backed, government policy capacity to be maintained and for people with disabililties to be supported to engage in consultations across government. You can read our

ACT Budget Priorities: A Shared Statement from ACT Disability Organisations

March 10, 2023

On Friday, 17 February 2023, Disabled Peoples Organisations (DPO) and Disability RepresentativeOrganisations (DRO) in the Australian Capital Territory met to discuss and affirm their priorities andexpectations for the coming ACT Budget. We highlighted and affirmed the importance of strategies which will guide disability policy in the ACTand ensuring these were backed by appropriate investments.These include

Submission to the ACT Women’s Plan (Third Action Plan)

February 28, 2023

Women With Disabilities ACT (WWDACT) is grateful for the opportunity to make a submission to the Third Action Plan consultation, and for the support of the Office for Women in facilitating consultations with our membership. This submission is informed by in-depth guided conversations with our Policy Advisory Committee (PAC), and by a conversation facilitated by

Joint Submission to the Inquiry into abortion and reproductive choice in the ACT

August 25, 2022

Women with Disabilities ACT (WWDACT) and Advocacy for Inclusion (AFI) are pleased tobe making a joint submission to the inquiry into abortion and reproductive choice in theACT. Access to healthcare and bodily autonomy are human rights; equitable access toabortion and reproductive health care for women* with disabilities is part of achievingthese rights in the ACT.

MEDIA RELEASE: Budget – Good initiatives but disability focus lacking

August 2, 2022

Budget: Good initiatives but disability focus lacking Key voices for people with disabilities in the ACT said todays ACT budget includes discrete initiatives which will assist people with disabilities but lacks targeted investments which signal substantial whole of government commitments to its own disability strategies. According to AFI Head of Policy Craig Wallace, “the Budget

“Involved from the Beginning” COVID-19 Outreach Project Final Report

November 30, 2021

A new report released today by Women with Disabilities ACT (WWDACT) analyses theexperiences of women, girls, feminine identifying, and non-binary people with disabilities duringCOVID-19. It illustrates an urgent need to address pre-existing disadvantage, and to involvewomen* with disabilities in all emergency planning.Report author Megan Hagan says ‘Findings were disheartening in that nothing was really new,or

WWDACT Annual General Meeting Notice

November 8, 2021

Dear WWDACT Members and Friends, The Women with Disabilities ACT (WWDACT) (ABN 74 908 530 982) Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 6 December from 6:00pm-8:00pm, via Zoom in recognition of the ongoing pandemic. Please RSVP to the AGM here. Auslan interpretation will be available, and WWDACT asks attendees to please advise of other accessibility requirements by 29 November close

Report: Parenting Peer Support Group

June 30, 2021

Women with disabilities who are pregnant, parenting or planning to become parents face a range ofbarriers to successful parenting. They experience higher rates of domestic violence, poverty, socialisolation and reproductive coercion than their non-disabled peers. Women with disabilities who arepregnant are less likely to breastfeed and less likely to have control over decisions during their