Enabling Women Leadership Program
The Victorian Enabling Women Leadership Program Autumn, 2025
Applications are now open for our upcoming Enabling Women Leadership Program for women and gender diverse people with disabilities. Starting April 2, 2025.
Participants will
- build confidence
- explore who they are
- reflect on their strengths (the things they’re good at)
- learn more about their human rights
- practice speaking up
- work with a mentor to achieve a leadership goal
- become a better leader in their community.
Participants can participate in person at WDV’s Melbourne office, or online via Zoom.
Program sessions and the Graduation will be on Wednesdays, Program sessions will run from April 2 – May 28. The Graduation will be held in June.
Please note: There will be no Programs session on April 23.
The program is FREE, and includes all session materials, handouts, craft supplies, and snacks.
View and download flyer:
Enabling Women Program flyer – Word version
Enabling Women Program flyer – PDF version
In this 3 minute video, previous participant Julia talks about her experiences of Enabling Young Women.
Completing an application form:
Applicants can complete an application form through:
- Filling out one of the application forms below and emailing to [email protected]
- By making a video or audio recording, answering questions from an application form
Completed application forms should be sent to: [email protected]
If you have recorded your answers, please email [email protected], or call Bridget on 03 9286 7813 to discuss the best way to share your recording.
Applications will remain open until space are filled, but people are encouraged to get in quick!
View and download application forms in various formats:
General Application form – Word
General Application form – PDF
If you want more information, or help to apply:
Please contact Bridget Jolley via
Phone: 03 9286 7813
Email: [email protected]
Enabling Women Leadership Program
The Victorian Enabling Women Leadership Program Autumn, 2025
Applications are now open for our upcoming Enabling Women Leadership Program for women and gender diverse people with disabilities. Starting April 2, 2025.
Our upcoming Leadership Program has expanded the participant age range to be 18+.
Participants will
- build confidence
- explore who they are
- reflect on their strengths (the things they’re good at)
- learn more about their human rights
- practice speaking up
- work with a mentor to achieve a leadership goal
- become a better leader in their community.
We will learn about these things in interesting, fun, creative and meaningful ways.
This FREE program is for women and non-binary people aged 18+, with a connection to the state of Victoria, and who identify as someone:
- with disability (physical, sensory, intellectual, cognitive, etc.)
- who is Deaf / deaf / hard of hearing
- who lives with chronic illness, and / or pain
- who is neurodiverse, e.g. autistic, lives with ADHD, OCD, learning disabilities, tics, etc.
- who lives with mental health challenges.
…and wants to learn more about their human rights, speaking up, and how to be a leader.
Participants can participate in person at WDV’s Melbourne office, or online via Zoom.
Program sessions will be held on Wednesdays 1 – 4pm.
There will be 8 x 3 hour program sessions. These will be separated across two blocks.
Block 1: November 27th – December 18th, 2024.
Block 2: January 22nd – February 12th, 2025
The program is FREE, and includes all session materials, handouts, craft supplies, and snacks.
View and download flyer:
Enabling Women Program flyer – Word version
Enabling Women Program flyer – PDF version
In this 3 minute video, previous participant Julia talks about her experiences of Enabling Young Women.
Completing an application form:
Applicants can complete an application form through:
- Filling out one of the application forms below and emailing to [email protected]
- By making a video or audio recording, answering questions from an application form
Completed application forms should be sent to: [email protected]
If you have recorded your answers, please email [email protected], or call Bridget on 03 9286 7813 to discuss the best way to share your recording.
Applications will remain open until space are filled, but people are encouraged to get in quick!
View and download application forms in various formats:
General EW application form – Word version
General EW application form – PDF version
Easy read EW application form – Word version
Easy read EW application form – PDF version
If you want more information, or help to apply:
Please contact Bridget Jolley via
Phone: 03 9286 7813
Email: [email protected]
10 Years of the Enabling Women Program
WDV’s Enabling Women Leadership Program has been empowering women with disabilities since 2013. To celebrate this milestone, WDV’s Community Inclusion and Women’s Empowerment team held a special event at the Geelong Art Centre and there launched a 10 year celebration magazine and commemorative video. Find out more on our EW10 page.
