Events and Workshops
Training: Empowering Disability Leadership Within Your Organisation
In early 2025 we are holding training sessions for workplaces in the health and social sectors as part of the Sharing Our Expertise program.
Program aims
- To reduce barriers to employment for women or gender diverse people with disabilities.
- To build the confidence of health, social and community organisations to recruit, employ and retain women and gender diverse people with disabilities at levels of their organisation.
- To increase the exposure of women and gender diverse people with disabilities within the workforce and highlight their individual insights, beneficial skills and valuable contributions.
What will be covered:
- Understanding Disability
- Advantages of employing women with disabilities
- Creating an accessible workplace
- Question: accessible employment
- Income barriers of women with disability within the workplace
- Issues & barriers of women with disability within the workplace
- Expert’s experience of discrimination
- Pre-employment accessibility
Inclusive recruitment process - Access Needs / Reasonable & Necessary process
- Leadership pathways for women with disability
- Resources for employers and attendees
Where and when:
29 January: Meeting #1 Online/Zoom 1-4pm
5 February: Meeting #2 Online/Zoom 10-1pm
12 February: Meeting #3 Meeting Room 3 at Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre 1-4pm
Registrations using the buttons below.
Enabling Women (18+) Leadership Program Victoria statewide, Summer 2024 / 2025
Great news – our upcoming Leadership Program has expanded the participant age range to be 18+.
Enabling Women, is a FREE leadership program for women and non-binary people with disability, aged 18+. Eight Program sessions will run across November 2024 – February 2025. The first session will be on November 27th, 2024. Program sessions will be from 1-4pm.
Participants can attend online via Zoom or in person at WDV’s Melbourne based office.
All materials and access supports are included in the Program, as well as some tasty snacks!
Why do the Program?
During the Program, you will:
• build confidence
• explore who you are
• reflect on your strengths (the things you’re good at)
• learn more about your human rights
• practise speaking up
• work with a mentor to achieve a leadership goal
• become a better leader in your community.
Applications will remain open until spaces are filled, but we encourage people to get in quick!
To register for the information session, to ask questions about the Program, or to get help completing an application form, please contact Bridget Jolley.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 03 9286 7813
New Podcast - From the Outskirts - Regional and Rural Women with Disability
Welcome to one in a series of podcasts about women from rural and regional Victoria and Melbourne outer east living with disabilities.
In this episode, Liz Wright talks with Elise Stewart, CEO of Deaf Hub, Bendigo. Whilst Elise discusses some challenging topics, she’s funny and honest and this is a really fascinating conversation.
Some of the content contains swearing and some of the content may be considered triggering.
Please enjoy and if you have any issues, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Community Hub Events
WDV facilitates five leadership networks (Hubs) for women and non-binary people with disabilities in local regions. Our Hub members get together regularly and support each other in their leadership, advocacy and empowerment goals. Join a hub to get involved in their events.
Quarterly Conversations
Quarterly Conversations is an online event that will deliver a guest or panel every three months, talking about topics and ideas of interest to our members.
The next event is in December 2024.
This is a free event for members, via zoom. Keep an eye on our social media or your emails for a link to register.
