Human Rights

Sort order by

Filters

Andrew Pulrang
Forbes
Tuesday 31st March, 2020
Disabled people know better than most that in a crisis, in times of confusion, fear, and deprivation, rules and norms meant to protect us can disappear like wisps of smoke.
UN NEWS
Thursday 19th March, 2020
Unless Governments and communities take action, discrimination against people with disabilities could increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert with the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
Fran Kelly
RN Breakfast
Thursday 19th March, 2020
Service providers are warning that 250,000 Australians with a disability are feeling "forgotten" by the emergency response planning for the COVID-19 virus. Peak body National Disability Services warned Federal Human
Women With Disabilities Australia
Friday 6th March, 2020
This website was created as a platform by women and girls with disability, for women and girls with disability. 'Our Site' provides practical resources and information across five main areas
Cassandra Chiu
World Economic Forum Blog
Sunday 12th January, 2020
As a blind person myself, I am all too familiar with such dehumanizing treatment. Often persons with disabilities (PWDs) are treated differently, simply because we look, act, move or communicate
Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Monday 2nd December, 2019
The index, released by the newly formed Inclusive Australia, found that one in four Australians had experienced a major form of discrimination, such as being overlooked for a job or
Damian Griffis
The Guardian
Monday 25th November, 2019
We have always been ‘come as you are’. The disability system in Australia is upside down in many ways
Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Thursday 21st November, 2019
Despite being one of the first signatories of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, advocates say 30 years on, Australia is ignoring some of the biggest
Erin Migdol
Yahoo Lifestyle
Friday 25th October, 2019
Sometimes, an act of aggression toward disabled people is overt, like firing them from a job or not providing an accessible entrance to a bathroom or building. Other times, it’s
Senator Jordon Steele-John -
Thursday 17th October, 2019
Senator Jordan Steele-John objects to the passing of the Bill on the grounds that people with disability were not consulted - 'Nothing about us, without us'. He challenges the Government
John Gilroy
Croak
Wednesday 2nd October, 2019
There has long been concern and evidence that the NDIS, which promised so much for people with disability, is not meeting the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Paul Farrell
ABC 7.30
Tuesday 8th October, 2019
The mother of an intellectually disabled man who initially received a $15,000 "robodebt" has described the Department of Human Services' conduct in seeking to recover the debt as a form