Women with Disabilities Victoria (WDV) is an organisation of women with disabilities, for women with disabilities.
Our Vision is a world where all women are respected and can fully experience life.
Our Mission is to advance real social and economic inclusion for women with disabilities in Victoria.
Women with disabilities are among the most marginalised people in our community. The intersection of gender inequality and disability presents multiple levels of discrimination, and this is where we focus our efforts.
Women with disabilities are also strong and resilient. We have unique knowledge and understandings, and we make great leaders, because we draw on wisdom gained through our experience of discrimination and other challenges.
Visit the About Us page to read about our goals and priority areas.
At WDV, we run programs, work with government on developing policies, and work alongside services to remove barriers for women with disabilities.
We do not, at this time, provide support or advocacy to individuals with disability or their families. We do not provide individual advice or advocacy regarding NDIS plans or meetings.
The Australian Government has a website where you can search for providers of individual advocacy in your area.
We have also developed a list of support services for anyone who may have experienced, is currently experiencing or has witnessed violence, abuse or neglect: List of Support Services (Microsoft Word download).
Animated video with accompanying image description document introducing viewers to 6 keystones for how we understand disability and how we want others to understand disability: (1) the social model of disability, (2) the human rights model of disability, (3) gender equality, (4) intersectionality, (5) centring lived experience, and (6) disability pride. When these 6 keystones are in place, we can work together for a more inclusive and equitable society.
Image Descriptions – Understanding Disability – Word Document
Information on upcoming workshops Women with disabilities experience multiple barriers to accessing the health services we need. WDV’s lived-experience team (Experts in Our Health) codesigned two training sessions. One session
A Right to Respect: Prevention of Violence Against Women with Disabilities Training Women and girls with disabilities are twice as likely to experience violence as those without disabilities. These online
WDV’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Wednesday 27 October from 12:00 to 2:30pm, as an online meeting via Zoom. This year the meeting will include the presentation of the Brenda Gabe Leadership
Women with Disabilities Victoria acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants and traditional custodians of the lands on which we live and work. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present. The WDV community is committed to honouring the unique cultural and spiritual relationship Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have with the land and waters, and their rich contribution to society.