Australian Women’s Health Alliance welcomes the Attorney-General’s call for public input to develop a new understanding for the rights of women and peoples with disabilities, to build a more inclusive and effective Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
It is essential to create spaces that recognise women with disabilities and to provide a framework that protects and promotes the rights of women and people with disabilities. The number of people acquiring different types of disabilities has significantly increased, as a result, disability has become a central agenda item for all of us.
In Australia, women and peoples with disabilities who have the greatest need to use the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 face the greatest barriers accessing it.
Read our full submission to the Attorney-General.