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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