Sterilisation of Women and Girls with Disabilities


Papers, Articles, Reports, Submissions

WWDA Systemic Advocacy on the Unlawful Sterilisation of Minors with Disabilities (2003 - current)

WWDA Policy & Position Paper: 'The Development of Legislation to Authorise Procedures for the Sterilisation of Children with Intellectual Disabilities' (June 2007)

'The Reproductive Rights of Women with Disabilities' - By Natalie Tomas (2004)

'Moving Forward or Losing Ground? The Sterilisation of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Australia' - By Leanne Dowse (September 2004)

WWDA Submisson to the Commonwealth and State/Territory Governments regarding Non-Therapeutic Sterilisation of Minors with a Decision-Making Disability (May 2004)

"Walk In Our Shoes" - Four Corners (ABC TV) explores the issue of sterilisation of people with disabilities (16 June, 2003)

WWDA National Project and Publication: Sterilisation and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls with Disabilities - Moving Forward (2001)

'The Sterilisation of Girls and Young Women in Australia: Issues and Progress' - By Susan Brady, John Briton, and Sonia Grover for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (April 2001)

'Sterilisation of Women and Young Girls with an Intellectual Disability - Report to the Senate', Tabled by the Minister for Family and Community Services (December 2000)

'Sterilisation of Women and Girls with Disabilities'- A Literature Review by Cathie Spicer (1999)

WWDA Presentation to the First Australian Tribunal on Women's Human Rights - by Vicky Toovey (1999)

'The Sterilisation of Girls and Young Women in Australia - A Legal, Medical and Social Context' by Susan M Brady and Dr Sonia Grover (1997)

'Female and Disabled: A Human Rights Perspective on Law and Medicine' - by M. Jones and L. Marks (1997)

On The Record - A Report on the 1990 STAR Conference on Sterilisation: 'My Body, My Mind, My Choice' (1991)


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