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Victorian Women with disabilities network
What is the Network about?
The VWDN vision is 'a world where all women are respected and can fully experience life'.
The VWDN mission is 'leading the way for Victorian women with disabilities and improving women’s choices by building partnerships and providing support, information and community education.'
The VWDN promotes the health and wellbeing of women with disabilities. It does this by supporting women with disabilities to achieve their rights through information sharing, peer support and community education.
More specifically, VWDN:
- Provides support and resources to women with disabilities in leadership roles.
- Works with health services and other community organisations to ensure they respond to the needs of women with disabilities.
- Ensures services for people with disabilities consider a gender perspective that is responsive to women with disabilities.
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Encourages research on issues affecting women with disabilities.
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Provides information to VWDN members, women with disabilities and organisations seeking to advance the rights of women with disabilities.
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Ensures government legislation and policy promotes the health and well being of women with disabilities.
The Equal Opportunity Act 1995 is an important piece of government legislation, that impacts on the health and well being of women with disabilities. VWDN recently had the opportunity to provide feedback on this Act. The VWDN submission to the Victorian Attorney General's Independent review of the Equal Opportunity Act 1995 is available here.
Leadership opportunities for members
The VWDN Board is elected by members of the Network. It is responsible for making decisions about the future direction of the VWDN. The Board makes decisions collaboratively, by consulting with VWDN members.
Members can contribute to the Network in the following ways:
- Mentoring and peer support, which encourages shared leadership skills.
- Sharing information with other women through our newsletter and email bulletins.
- Representing women with disabilities on Boards, Committees and forums. These opportunities are circulated to members who have an interest in a particular field.
- Contributing to government submissions, representations to government and organisations and presentation of conference papers.
Membership
Full membership is available to women with disabilities in Victoria.
Associate membership is open to individuals and/or organisations supportive of the aims of VWDN and enables exchange of knowledge, and participation with VWDN and its members.
Full membership: Free
Associate Individual: $20
Associate Organisation – under $100k: $50
Associate Organisation – $100k or over: $100
You can request a membership application form by emailing vwdn@vwdn.org.au,
or calling (03) 9662 3755.
Contact VWDN:
Phone: (03) 9662 3755
Fax: (03) 9663 7955
Email: vwdn@vwdn.org.au
Level 1, 123 Lonsdale St
Melbourne Victoria 3000
GPO Box 1160
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