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Human Rights
MEDIA RELEASE: Four Corners Guardianship Expose Reveals the Stark Reality of Many Women With Disabilities

March 15, 2022

On a dark purple background, a lilac heading reads "Abolish Violent Guardianship Law." Beneath this heading in smaller font is text that reads "Guardianship law enables disability-specific lawful violence against women with disabilities." At the bottom of the image, on top of a lilac semi-circle, is the illustration of a disabled woman using a red wheelchair and protesting. She has Brown skin, shoulder-length navy hair, and is wearing a yellow shirt with blue waves, a red skirts with yellow waves, and yellow shoes. She is holding a red megaphone with one hand and raising her first with the other. In the bottom left-hand corner of the image is the purple WWDA logo.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Gender and climate change: Australian NGOs stand up for greater support and role for women facing environmental risks

March 14, 2022

On a dark green background, the hashtag #CSW66 is written in white text on a light green rectangle.
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Violence and Safety
Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Webinar – Recording Now Available

February 21, 2022

On a light purple background, dark purple text reads "Young Women and Non-Binary People's Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia." In a purple box above the text is the date in white font, reading 17.02.2022, and in another purple box below the main text is white font that reads "Hosted by AWAVA, WWDA, NATSIWA, and WESNET." The logos for each organisation is in the top left of the image.
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Meet WWDA’s National Alliance Policy Advisory Group (PAG) Members!

February 18, 2022

A collage of headshots of 11 WWDA PAG members, as well as the WWDA logo and white text that reads "WWDA's National PAG". Individual image descriptions for each headshot are available on the webpage.
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Government Laws, Policy and Advocacy
WWDA’s Response to the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and related amendments

December 21, 2021

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Government Laws, Policy and Advocacy
WWDA’s Response to the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and related amendments

December 21, 2021

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Violence and Safety
#SmashTheAbleism and End Violence Against Women With Disabilities

December 8, 2021

Heading reads ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women’. A picture of two women. One is wearing yellow spotty top and pink trousers and is in a wheelchair, holding up a sign ‘nothing about us without us’. The other is in blue clothing, has one leg amputated, is using a crutch and is holding up a sign ‘to end gender-based violence we must end ableism’. Text at bottom reads ‘Day 1 of the #16DaysofActivism #SmashTheAbleism'. Logo for WWDA is in the bottom right.
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Apply to join our new Policy Advisory Group (PAG)

December 1, 2021

On a dark purple background, white text reads "Apply for our National Women's Alliance Policy Advisory Group!" An illustration of three hands of different skin tones holding each other is featured below the text. In the bottom left-hand corner of the image is the National Women's Alliances logo. In the bottom right-hand corner is the WWDA logo.
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