Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) and People with Disability Australia (PWDA) have made joint a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Issues Paper – Justice Responses to Sexual Violence.
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People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed the NSW Government’s investment in housing and cost-of-living relief but is disappointed by the lack of funding for people with disabilities in today’s NSW Budget.
COSP17 Day 4 Round-Up: 13 June 2024
The last official day of COSP17, and PWDA started the day presenting its side-event on advancing employment inclusion for LGBTIQA+ people with disability!
COSP17 Intervention urging governments and civil society to not leave LGBTQIA+ people with disability behind in employment
PWDA intervention urging governments and civil society to not leave LGBTQIA+ people with disability behind in employment
COSP17 Day 3 Round-Up: 12 June 2024
PWDA is part of the DPOA delegation to the 17th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP17)
COSP17 Intervention on Modern slavery
PWDA intervention on modern slavery, highlighting the importance of governments to view segregated employment and sheltered workshops as potentials sites of modern slavery.
COSP17 Day 2 Round-Up: 11 June 2024
The first official day of the three-day 17th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (COSP17)
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COSP17 Day 1 Round-Up: 10 June 2024
PWDA is part of the DPOA delegation to the 17th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP17)
COSP17 Intervention on safeguarding people with disability in group homes during a pandemic
PWDA intervention on the issue of safeguarding people with disability in group homes during a pandemic.
PWDA calls for action to embed rights and end segregation of people with disability
People with Disability Australia (PWDA), the national cross-disability peak body and representative organisation, has reissued its call for governments to prioritise and fund action plans that support the transition away from segregated housing, employment, and education; eliminate restrictive practices; and embed and protect disability rights in domestic law. The call follows today’s release of the Public consultation on the Disability Royal Commission Summary report by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.