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AUSTRALIA - WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES
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CONFERENCE PAPERS, ARTICLES, REPORTS
'Contextualizing disability: developing
southern/global theory' - By Associate Professor Helen Meekosha (2008) [HTML
Version] [PDF Version]
[Word Version]
Keynote paper given to 4th Biennial Disability Studies Conference, Lancaster
University, UK 2nd - 4th September 2008. The purpose of this paper is to
attempt to situate disability in a global context. The author argues that
placing disability in the global context requires an analysis of the power
relations between the Global North and the Global South that produce, sustain
and profit out of disability. The author states that while she has engaged with
the epistemologies of the North in doing her own research and writing, it has
been evident for her for some time of their limitations. Little is documented
about disability in the non-industrialized world. The role of the Global North,
which constitutes the metropole, in the production of disability in the
periphery is even less discussed. This paper is not simply a critique. It is
concerned with doing disability studies better by recognizing the Majority
World /Global South and including the 400 million disabled people that live in
these regions in our thinking, our practice and our politics. Copyright ©
September 2008.
From Coursework to the Workforce:
Education Challenges for educators & women with disabilities - By Sue
Salthouse (2008) [HTML Version] [Word Version] [PDF Version]
Paper presented on behalf of WWDA by Sue Salthouse (WWDA Vice President) at the
Security4Women Education & Training Working Groups Invitational Symposium,
held in May 2008. Copyright WWDA 2008.
Women With Disabilities Australia: 'The
Role of Advocacy in Advancing the Human Rights of Women with Disabilities in
Australia'- Policy & Position Paper (2008) [HTML
Version] [PDF Version]
[Word Version]
In April 2008, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) released this Policy
Paper which seeks to articulate WWDA's approach to disability advocacy in
advancing and promoting the human rights of women with disabilities. The paper
also looks at how human rights instruments such as the Convention on the
Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) can and should be
used to inform and guide disability advocacy work. © WWDA April 2008.
Forgotten Sisters: Recognising and
Responding to Domestic Violence in the Lives of Women with Disabilities - By Dr
Leanne Dowse and Annie Parkinson (2007)
[HTML Version] [PDF Version]
Paper presented by Dr Leanne Dowse (Social Sciences and International Studies,
UNSW) and Annie Parkinson (President, Women with Disabilities Australia) at the
Domestic Violence, Disability and Cultural Safety National Forum 2007, Diverse
and Inclusive Practice: Redrawing the Boundaries. November 8-9, 2007, at
Brighton-Le-Sands, NSW, Australia. Copyright WWDA November 2007.
Completely Knocked Out: Australian
perspectives on disability, disempowerment and domestic violence - By Sue
Salthouse (2007) [HTML Version] [PDF Version]
World wide the incidence of domestic violence is of alarming proportions. This
paper examines its genesis, cultural origins and impact from the viewpoint of
women with disabilities. The cycle of poverty, low education and low employment
perpetuate the disempowerment and power imbalances that enable domestic violence
to thrive. There is an ongoing lack of global, national and local initiatives
to address this scourge. These shortcomings are examined in the context of
various UN actions, including Human Rights Conventions and the Millennium
Development Goals. This paper presented on behalf of WWDA by Sue Salthouse
(WWDA Vice President) at the Domestic Violence, Disability and Cultural Safety
National Forum 2007, Diverse and Inclusive Practice: Redrawing the Boundaries.
November 8-9, 2007, at Brighton-Le-Sands, NSW, Australia. Copyright WWDA
November 2007.
Women With Disabilities Australia: 'Development
of a Resource Manual on Violence Against Women With Disabilities Project'
Final Report (October 2007) [Word Version] [PDF Version]
In April 2006, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) received funding from
the Commonwealth Department of Families, Community Services & Indigenous
Affairs (FaCSIA) Office for Women (OFW), under the Domestic and Family Violence
and Sexual Assault Funding Program, to develop a 'Resource Manual on Violence
Against Women With Disabilities'. The Project commenced on April 1, 2006. This
Report is the Final Report on the Project to the Office for Women (OFW). This
Report details the process and achievements of the Project and is constructed
in line with WWDA's Project Plan.
Motherhood and genetic screening: a
personal perspective - By Fiona Place (2007) [HTML Version] [PDF Version]
According to the medical profession the direction and scope of reproductive
services such as IVF and pre-natal screening are based on solid evidence; the
evidence indicates these are effective and safe services. Moreover, women want
them. As a consequence these services are usually presented to the wider
community in a positive light with images of 'successful' birth outcomes
showcasing the importance of their work. Unsurprisingly this has lead to women
being expected to take control - from timing a pregnancy to choosing one
particular pregnancy over another - they are to improve their lives and the
health of their offspring. But are these developments all 'good' news? Is it
safe to assume the push to achieve better birth outcomes and the concomitant
use of prenatal testing automatically improves lives? Could it be the issues
raised are causing some lives to become harder? How meaningful, for example,
are tests such as amniocentesis and CVS? As the mother of a child with Down
syndrome I believe it is important for myself and other women in similar
situations to share their lived experience. Perhaps we can illuminate some of
the more complex and troubling issues these technological advances have the
capacity to create - not only for ourselves - but for all women.
Women
With Disabilities Australia: WWDA Resource Manual on Violence Against Women
With Disabilities (November 2007)
In late November 2007, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) published its
Resource Manual on Violence Against Women With Disabilities. The Manual is made
up of four booklets: A Life Like Mine! - Narratives from women with
disabilities who experience violence; Forgotten Sisters - A global
review of violence against women with disabilities; It's Not Ok It's
Violence - Information about domestic violence and women with disabilities;
and, More Than Just A Ramp - A guide for women's refuges to develop
disability discrimination act action plans. Audio, e-text & Large Print PDF
versions of the Booklets are included on a CD-ROM which accompanies the Manual.
Information on how to order a copy of the Manual is provided here.
Women With Disabilities Australia: WWDA
Strategic Plan Review - July 2007 [Word Version] [PDF Version]
WWDA's five year Strategic Plan (2004-2009) was developed in late 2003
following extensive consultation with members, associate organisations, and
other stakeholders. WWDA has recently undertaken a mid term review of it's five
year Strategic Plan. This document provides detail on WWDA's progress to date
in meeting the objectives and strategies set out in the Plan, and indicates
areas where WWDA needs to focus further work in order to achieve the goals of
the Strategic Plan. This progress review also provides information on themes
and issues emerging from WWDA's membership during the term of the Strategic
Plan to date, and highlights areas of ongoing work that will need to be
incorporated into the next Strategic Plan.
Women With Disabilities
Australia: WWDA Policy & Position Paper: 'The Development of Legislation to
Authorise Procedures for the Sterilisation of Children with Intellectual
Disabilities' (June 2007)
This paper seeks to articulate WWDA's position on the issue of the forced
sterilisation of minors, particularly in the context of the Standing Committee
of Attorneys-General (SCAG) work on the development of uniform legislation to
authorise procedures for the sterilisation of children with an intellectual
disability. The paper raises a number of key issues that WWDA asserts must be
thoroughly considered in this debate, including: the application of human
rights principles; pre-emptive assumptions; definitions, terminology and
language; the consideration of procedures and their consequences; and, compliance
with international human rights treaties. The paper argues that people with an
intellectual disability have the same human rights as people without
intellectual disabilities, and that the creation of legislation which enables
authorisation of the sterilisation of children with intellectual disabilities,
is in itself, a patent infringement of the human rights of those it seeks to
protect.
Women With Disabilities Australia:
WWDA 'Advancement through Advocacy for Women With Disabilities'- Project Report
2007
In 2006-07 WWDA undertook a project to enhance the orgnisations' capacity to
undertake systemic advocacy work. The Project aimed to develop systems to
recruit women with disabilities for systemic advocacy work; develop tools to
support them in their representative/advocacy roles; and, develop systems to
maintain capacity building mechanisms for WWDA's representative work. This is
the report of the Project, which was funded by the Australian Government under
the Women's Leadership & Development Programme, Office for Women,
Department of Family, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs. Written by
Sue Salthouse, Project Officer. Copyright WWDA 2007. [Word Version] [PDF Version]
'The Constant Bridesmaid: Will
Work Choices and Welfare to Work changes help to get more women with
disabilities into the workforce?' - By Sue Salthouse (July 2006)
A Paper presented on behalf of WWDA to the National Conference on Women and
Industrial Relations 'Our Work...Our Lives'. Queensland Working Women's Service
and Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane 12-14 July 2006. ©
Copyright 2006.
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