A069 Reducing violence against Disabled Women

1. Mainstream & Targetted Measures
to reduce
Violence against Women with Disabilities
Sue Salthouse
RI Global Word Congress
Creating a More Inclusive World
Parallel Session D
Thursday 27.10.16
Edinburgh
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2. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 6: Women with disabilities
General Comment No. 3
• Multiple discrimination
• Intersectional concepts
• Leadership & capacity building
• Gender as x-cutting issue
• Education,
• Economic opportunity,
• Political participation, etc.
• CEDAW (Disability
as X-cutting issue)
3 interpretive declarations
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The Honourable Kelly Vincent,
Member of Parliament, South Australia
1 in 824 parliamentarians Australia-wide

3. Gender inequality in Australia
• Global Gender Gap Index
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4. Gender inequality in Australia (#2)
• Gender pay gap
• Paid Parental Leave Scheme
• Women with disabilities employment
i. 49% (78% women, 58% disabled men)
ii. Full Time employment:
women 19%, men 36%
i. Part Time Employment:
women 25%, men 14%
i. 21% of carers
are women
with disabilities
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5. National Disability Strategy 2010-2020
• Inclusive & accessible communities
• Rights protection, justice &
legislation
• Economic security
• Personal & community support
• Learning & skills
• Health & wellbeing
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6. National Disability Insurance Scheme
• Shut Out Report
• Disability Investment Group Report
• 2020 Convention
• Productivity Commission
• Disability Care and Support Report
• under funded, unfair, fragmented inefficient
• National Disability & Carer Alliance
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7. A Grass Roots Movement
Prime Minister, Julia Gillard at the Make it Real rally in Sydney, 30 April 2012

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• Permanent disability that affects ADLs
• No fault, lifetime support
• Applications before 65th year
• Early intervention
• Information and Referrals
• Reasonable and necessary supports
• Ordinary life
• Choice & control
• Achieve goals
• Greater independence
• Community involvement
• Employment
• Improved wellbeing

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Freedom from violence

11. Violence against women in Australia
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12. Sobering incidence of violence & women with disabilities
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• More diverse, more severe & more prolonged
• Greater number of perpetrators
• 40% more like to be victims than non-disabled women
• 70% of us are victims at some time in our lives
• 90% of women with intellectual
disabilities experience violence
• 20% forced into
unwanted sexual acts
• Sexual victimisation
x4 times more likely
• 25% of reported
rape victims

13. Time for Action
a plan to reduce violence against women with disabilities
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• Communities are safe from violence
• Relationships are respectful
• Services must meet
the needs of women and their children
• Responses are just
• Perpetrators stop their violence
• Systems work together effectively
National Plan
• ANROWS
• Our WATCh
• The Line
• 1800RESPECT

14. Changes we need
TRAINING, TRAINING, TRAINING
• Risk assessment tools for whole of workforce to include disability
• Disability workers - training in violence awareness & where to refer
to
• Domestic & family violence workers – training in disability
awareness & how to get assistance
• Training for workers in the justice system
• NDIA accredits all workers in DV, FV & sexual assault awareness
• NDIA puts crisis support dollars into funding
• All front line workers have access to appropriate disability and
DV/FV supports
• Only accessible refuges/safe houses get funding
• All courts are fully accessible
• All data collected to have disability recorded & shared
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15. International considerations
• Article 32 of the CRPD
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDG #5)
• All human rights conventions
appearance & submissions to committee review process
• Development for All 2015-2020:
Strengthening Disability Inclusive Development in Australia’s Aid Programme
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16. thankyou
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