Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA): conference papers, other articles and reports 2006 - 2010

Response from Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) to the Study: 'Project WORLD: Women's Roles in the Landscape of Disabilities' (October 2010) This Paper is a component of WWDA's contribution to the international study 'Project WORLD: Women's Roles in the Landscape of Disabilities'...The study is focusing on the status and needs of women impacted by disabilities around the world. 'Women With Disabilities and the Human Right to Health' - By Carolyn Frohmader (May 2010) This Paper was written by Carolyn Frohmader and presented by Karin Swift for WWDA at the Australian Women's Health Network Conference, Hobart, May 2010. The right to the highest attainable standard of health is a human right recognised in a number of international human rights treaties and instruments to which Australia is a party. However, this international commitment has had little bearing on improving the health of women and girls with disabilities in Australia...