GET REAL talks about the United Nations Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities in the NDIS and COVID era.
Despite the robust regulatory framework that protects the human rights of people with disabilities, there are still many challenges to ensuring the fulfilment of everyday rights for people with disabilities. This is particularly true of those with cognitive and mental impairments, and vulnerable groups such as women, remote communities and indigenous peoples. This means that organisations that advocate for and provide services to people with disabilities are instrumental in helping to ensure that they can – and do – exercise their rights.
On this episode, guests include:
Leah Van Poppel, CEO, Women with Disabilities Victoria (the peak body in Victoria for advocacy on disability issues regarding women); and
Isabel Calvert, ermha365’s Social Policy and Advocacy Advisory (former Social Policy Adviser in the United Nations Disability Program).
For more information on:
- ermha365, Complex Mental Health and Disability services – https://www.ermha.org/
- Women With Disabilities Victoria, the peak body in Victoria for advocacy on disability issues regarding women – https://www.wdv.org.au/
- The Royal Commission on Disability (see Issue Papers for public response) https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/policy-and-research/issues-papers