Ten organisations, including People with Disability Australia (PWDA), Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) and Touching Base, have signed this joint statement to strongly condemn recent comments made by Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Bill Shorten regarding the exclusion of sex work and sexuality services from the NDIS.
PWDA joins a group of 52 disability advocacy organisations in a joint call on governments to increase funding for advocacy to sustain their crucial services amid growing demand for support by people with disability
The last official day of COSP17, and PWDA started the day presenting its side-event on advancing employment inclusion for LGBTIQA+ people with disability!
PWDA intervention urging governments and civil society to not leave LGBTQIA+ people with disability behind in employment
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)
PWDA intervention on modern slavery, highlighting the importance of governments to view segregated employment and sheltered workshops as potentials sites of modern slavery.
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)
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)
PWDA intervention on the issue of safeguarding people with disability in group homes during a pandemic.
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.
![[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](https://pwd.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Featured-Image-size-guide-WordPress-2-480x270.png)
