Changing the landscape: A national resource to prevent violence against women and girls with disabilities – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

You are invited to the Launch of Our Watch and Women with Disabilities Victoria’s national resource to prevent violence against women and girls with disabilities. This event takes place on Wed, 9 February 2022 from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM AEDT.

Please join Our Watch and Women with Disabilities Victoria’s online launch: Changing the landscape: A national resource to prevent violence against women and girls with disabilities.

This event will be emceed by Our Watch Ambassador Drisana Levitzke-Gray, with an Acknowledgement of Country by Birri-Gubba/Urangan woman Jody Barney.

Our speakers include:

• Patty Kinnersly, CEO Our Watch

• Nadia Mattiazzo, Women with Disabilities Victoria CEO

• Dr Ben Gauntlett, Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission

• Jen Hargrave, Women with Disabilities Victoria

• Heidi La Paglia, Women with Disabilities Australia

• Ellen Fraser-Barbour, Purple Orange

• Dr Marg Camilleri, Federation University

• Frances Quan Farrant, People with Disability Australia

• Aurore Delcourt, Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health

• Melissa O’Reilly, Our Watch

Changing the landscape is an evidence-based resource that shows that violence against women and girls with disabilities is preventable, not inevitable.

This national resource names ableism and gender inequality as the two consistent, intersecting drivers of violence against women and girls with disabilities, and sets out the actions needed to address these drivers and stop this violence before it starts.

Changing the landscape outlines that we can all play a role in preventing this violence, by addressing its drivers, grounding our actions in evidence and making sure safety, dignity and respect for women and girls with disabilities are at the heart of our strategies.

This is not just about ending the alarmingly high rates of violence against women and girls with disabilities, but also about building a society where all women are safe, valued, respected and have equal rights and opportunities.

The online link to the full framework and executive summary for Changing the landscape will be available at the launch.

This event will be held over Zoom with an Auslan interpreter and live captioning.

We look forward to seeing you at our launch.

Event details

Program: Launch of Changing the landscape

Date: Wed, 9 February 2022
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM AEDT
Cost: Free
Location: Online Event
Register: with Eventbrite

national resource to prevent violence against women and girls with disabilities

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	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.