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WWDA stands for Women With Disabilities Australia. WWDA is our community. It's your community. It's a place where we belong. At WWDA, we celebrate our similarities and our differences. WWDA is an award-winning national Disabled People's Organisation (DPO) and National Women's Alliance (NWA). We support women and girls with disabilities in Australia. In that group, we include feminine-identifying and non-binary people. WWDA represents more than two million Australians. We work with organisations and networks in most states and territories of Australia. We work with similar organisations around the world. We welcome you to join our community in a range of ways.
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WWDA advocates for the rights of women and girls with disability. We support and empower individuals. We create more awareness among governments and other institutions about their obligations to meet the needs of all Australians.
Our work is grounded in human rights. It links gender and disability issues to civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. We are committed to delivering projects in true co-design. With women and girls with disabilities, for women and girls with disabilities.
To learn more about the evolution of WWDA, read About us (external link).
WWDA aims to promote, protect and advance the human rights and freedoms of women and girls with disabilities in Australia.
The objectives of WWDA are to:
To learn more about the aims, objectives and governance structure of WWDA, see our About Us (external link) page on the WWDA website.
Our work is grounded in human rights. It links gender and disability issues to civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. We are committed to delivering projects in true co-design. The expertise and lived experience of women with disability informs all our work. From the spark of an idea to the final realisation of every project and policy, women with disability are central to the process. With women and girls with disabilities, for women and girls with disabilities.
We all have the right to live free from violence and abuse, and make choices that matter to us. This section looks at the history of human rights and United Nations conventions. We outline the rights of women and gender-diverse people with disabilities in Australia.
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