disability rights - People with Disability Australia

Lisa is sitting down and speaking into a microphone delivering her intervention today. She is wearing a black jacket and white earrings. The digital placard in front of her says ‘NGO 2’.

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)

Lisa is sitting down and speaking into a microphone delivering her intervention on modern slavery. She is wearing a black jacket and white earrings.

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.

Lisa is sitting in the UN General Assembly with Grant Lindsay, the President and Chair of the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations. Grant is wearing a black jacket and has an ear piece on his ear. Lisa is wearing a green dress and is holding an ear piece to her ear.

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)

[L-R] Giancarlo de Vera, Lisa Ira, Minister Bill Shorten MP and Clare Gibellini at the Australian Ambassador to the UN’s Welcome Reception for COSP17

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.

Spread showing the cover page and subsequent pages of Easy Read version of the report

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.