>Subject: Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) wins National Violence
>>Prevention award
>Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:03:57 +1000
>
>Please find below a copy of Women With Disabilities Australia's Press
>Release after being awarded the Institute of Criminology's National
>Violence >Prevention Award in Canberra yesterday.
>Regards
>Kali Wilde
>WWDA's contact details are
>Carolyn Frohmader
>Executive Director
>Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
>PO Box 229, Dickson 2602 ACT Australia
>Ph: 02 62421310 Fax: 02 62421314 TTY: 02 62421313
>web: http://www.wwda.org.au
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>
>MEDIA RELEASE
>Thursday 21 October 1999
>
>Women With Disabilities win National Violence Prevention Award
>
>Senator Amanda Vandstone, Minister for Justice and Customs, today announced
>that Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) was one of four recipients of
>the National Violence Prevention Award. The winners were announced at the
>Awards Presentation at Parliament House in Canberra. The Australian
>Violence Prevention Awards are sponsored by the Heads of Australian
>Governments as a joint Commonwealth, State and Territory initiative and are
>designed to reward the most outstanding projects for the prevention or
>reduction of violence in Australia.
>
>Ms Fiona Strahan, from Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA), accepted
>the Award "in memory of all the women with disabilities who have experienced
>violence and for those who were able to say 'It has to stop' and 'It can be
>different'."
>
>The work that culminated in the Award for Women With Disabilities Australia
>(WWDA) included:
>
>:The Woorarra Women's Refuge Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) Action Plan;
>:'More Than Just A Ramp' - a model process for refuges to remove
>discriminatory >barriers in their buildings, work practices, information
>and attitudes;
>:A National two-day workshop on violence against women with disabilities,
>>attended by women with disabilities, domestic violence and other workers,
>and >academics;
>:A National Information Kit on women with disabilities and violence; and
>:A National Internet site incorporating accessible information on violence
>and >women with disabilities.
>
>Ms Strahan spoke of the impact that this work has had on policies and
>programs both in Australia and around the world. She also gave recognition
>to women with disabilities around the country who had contributed to WWDA's
>work on preventing violence against women with disabilities: "This Award is
>an acknowledgment of the unpaid agitation, research, policy work, lobbying,
>activism, political astuteness and intellectual rigour of the work of women
>with disabilities. I particularly like that we haven't won the 'Special'
>Award; the 'Otherness' Award or the 'Disability' Award - instead our work
>stands loud, proud, passionate and leading edge for ALL women."
>
>Senator Vandstone presented Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) with a
>Certificate of Merit and a cheque for $10,000.
>
>Media Inquiries: Carolyn Frohmader 02 62421310 or 014 901 746
>Helen Meekosha 0419 629 948 or 02 4267 2329
>
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