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Presenter: Fran Kelly
ABC Radio National Breakfast
Friday 25th October, 2013

Australian females with a disability are twice as likely to experience violence than other women. In many cases powerless to do anything to protect themselves, their experiences of violence will…

Farrah Tomazin
The Age
Sunday 13th October, 2013

Many disabled Victorians are being repeatedly assaulted and exploited because authorities do not have the appropriate power or expertise to investigate their cases, experts warn. State watchdogs say countless numbers…

State of Victoria
Saturday 2nd November, 2024

The purpose of this Act is to: maximise safety for children and adults who have experienced family violence prevent and reduce family violence to the greatest extent possible; promote the…

Rachel Browne
The Age
Thursday 28th March, 2013

Parents of women with severe disabilities are being forced to take their daughters overseas for hysterectomies after their requests for the procedure were denied in Australia, a leading endocrinologist has…

Leah Hobson
ABC Ramp Up
Monday 8th October, 2012

I’ve been thinking about the Jill Meagher case and feeling sad. Sad for Jill and her family, and sad for all the women out there who remain invisible and unsupported…

Stephanie Ortoleva and Hope Lewi
Tuesday 21st August, 2012

The forms of violence to which women with disabilities are subjected are varied; physical, psychological, sexual or financial violence, neglect, entrapment, degradation, and forced sterilization and psychiatric treatment. Women with…

Kate Hagan
The Age
Tuesday 12th June, 2012

More than 1800 people with disabilities were drugged to control their behaviour last year, in what advocacy groups say is a widespread and worrying practice. The use of ”chemical restraint”…

Charges Laid Over Alleged Sexual Assaults
ABC TV 7:30 Report
Friday 18th May, 2012

Police have laid charges over alleged sexual assaults on intellectually disabled women in a DHS care home.

Sarah Boyd, Women with Disability Victoria (WDV)
YouTube
Monday 27th February, 2012

Women with disabilities experience violence at a higher rate, for longer periods, and are less likely to report the abuse, than women without disabilities (Healey, 2008). Tricia Malowney, Chair of…

Peter Jean
Canberra Times
Saturday 18th February, 2012

Violence is ”scarily common” in residential accommodation for people with disabilities and is systemically accepted, according to a disability advocacy group. In a submission to the ACT government, Advocacy for…