CALD women with disabilities – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

A new report by Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA), Harmony Alliance: Migrant and refugee women for change, and National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA), looks at the combined efforts in 2022 to examine the experiences of CaLD women and girls with disability when accessing formal supports, and the impacts of gender, disability, race, ethnicity, culture, language, visa status, and citizenship status.

	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.