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59 February 2010 Welcome to PWD’s E-Bulletin! This bulletin goes out regularly to our members and supporters and covers PWD news and events as well as other news from the disability sector. For people who do not have access to email, a printed version of the E-bulletin can be sent by post. To be added to or removed from our mailing list, or to change your email address, please email pwd@pwd.org.au or contact PWD on one of the numbers listed at the end of this bulletin. If you would like to become a member of PWD or learn more about our membership options, contact PWD on pwd@pwd.org.au Contents• A
Conversation with NSW women about paid work • Boarding
House Advocacy Project • Draft
Residential Tenancies Bill 2009 • Launch -
Improving Access to Services For Women from NESB with Disability Experiencing
Violence • Legislative Council
Select Committee on the NSW Taxi Industry • NSW
Inquiry into the provision of education to students with a disability or
special needs Other
State and Territory News • PWD to provide new
individual advocacy service in Mt Isa • Go Cards – not the way to go in Queensland • Queensland Action for
Universal Housing Design (QAUHD) • Vision Impairment
Travel Pass for Queenslanders • Disabled woman
banned by Jetstar seeks settlement • Gender
Analysis Workshops for women with disability • Having a Say:
Making it Happen Conference • Health
services for people with intellectual disability • Same Sex Law
Reform Education Campaign Launch • PWD report tabled at UN NGO Committee session • Disability Rights, Gender, and Development: A Resource
Tool for Action • Disability Rights Fund: 65 Grantees in 11 Countries Begin Work
This Month • International Women’s Day - Empowering Women to End Poverty by
2015 • Needs of Haiti’s Disabled must not be forgotten, says UN
Committee • New training tool for HR to support CRPD • OHCHR - Preparing a study for the Human Rights Council • Pacific progress in addressing the human rights of persons
with disabilities • Farewell to
outgoing President, Robert Farley • New
Executive for the PWD Board 2010 |
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Other States and Territory NewsPWD to provide new individual
advocacy service in Mt Isa On 24 February
2010, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill
Shorten, and Senator for Queensland Jan McLucas announced that People with
Disability Australia Incorporated will be funded to provide a new disability
advocacy service for people with disability across the Mount Isa and Gulf
Country region. People with
Disability Australia will be funded under the Australian Government’s
National Disability Advocacy Program which provides over $16 million to help
people with disability to overcome barriers which impact on their daily life
and participate fully in the community.
Mr Shorten said the funding would give people with disability in the
Mt Isa region access to essential advocacy support. “People with
disability still face barriers in their everyday lives, and it is important
they have people dedicated to fighting to ensure their rights are respected,”
Mr Shorten said. “Advocacy plays a crucial role in protecting the right of
people with disability to get equal treatment from government, businesses and
community organisations. The
Australian Government is committed to ensuring advocacy continues to be an
effective safeguard for people with disability.” PWD is
extremely pleased that we can apply our expertise in providing individual and
group advocacy support to people with disability living in the region. PWD have contracted indigenous consultancy
services to help us make contact and establish important relationships with
the local communities. Senator
McLucas said that the funding would ensure that people with disability in
remote parts of “Trained
advocates will provide individual advocacy to rural and remote communities
including PWD is
currently recruiting for a full time manager and a full time advocate who
will staff the new service, please head to the PWD website, http://www.pwd.org.au/ to access
information packs about these positions. The service
is expected to commence in April 2010.
People requiring disability advocacy assistance from the Mt Isa and
Gulf Country region can contact People with Disability Australia on 1800 422
015. For more
information about the Mount Isa and Gulf Country Individual Advocacy Service
please contact Go Cards – not the way to go in From 4
January 2010, the Go Card system for payment of fares on public transport
became the lowest cost option for payment of fares on Queenslanders
with Disability Network (QDN) is
concerned that it is not usable by all members of the travelling public.
Problems with manipulating the card in the touch on/off process, the
inaccessible design of the hardware (the readers and ticketing machines used
to top up the value of the card) and the availability of assistance to top up
the card are just some of the factors which mean many people with disability
are unable to use Go Cards. The
alternative to Go Card is paper ticketing. This is scheduled to be phased out
at year's end (2010) and presently costs 30% more that Go Card price for the
same journey. This has placed some people with disability at a financial and
practical disadvantage to other public transport users. Queensland
Transport has acknowledged this disadvantage and are
seeking to redress it as quickly as possible. Suggestions from a meeting
attended by QDN and other stakeholders included a 'disability pass' based on
the Victorian " In the
meantime, QDN has asked for commitments from Qld Transport on: 1.
Fare
parity between Go Card and paper tickets. 2.
Direct
assistance with topping up the card and with touching it on and off. 3.
Future
Translink hardware to be developed in conjunction with a working party from
the disability sector. If you are experiencing difficulty
using the Go Card, and feel you are being discriminated against, you might
like to think about lodging a complaint of discrimination with either the: Ÿ
Anti-Discrimination
Commission of Queensland 1300 130 670; or TTY 1300 130 680; or e-mail info@adcq.qld.gov.au; or Ÿ
Australian
Human Rights Commission 1300 656 419; or TTY 1800 620 241; or Fax (02) 9284 9611;
or SMS for info pack or complaint form 0488 744 487 (0488 RIGHTS). Queensland Action for Universal
Housing Design (QAUHD) has recently launched their website http://www.qauhd.org/ offering information
and resources on universal housing design. QAUHD represents a partnership of
industry and community working together to maximise the social and economic
performance of sustainable housing through the adoption of universal housing
design. Universal housing design captures the best practices of
accessibility, safety and adaptability for a dwelling’s residents and
visitors. It ensures that housing stock is suitable for people at all stages
of their lives. QAUHD believes that the time has come
for government and industry to take a consistent national approach to housing
design that would result in practical and reliable outcomes for the whole
community. More specifically, QAUHD calls for: 1.
The
development of a national code for access features in all new and extensively
modified housing; 2.
Inclusion
of universal housing design in all strategies for sustainable housing and
communities; and 3.
Incentives for owners, developers and builders to build housing
that incorporates universal
design features. If you agree with the three position
statements above, please send an email stating your support to qauhd@qauhd.org The Vision Impairment Travel Pass
issued by the QLD Department of Transport and Main Roads to residents who are
legally blind according to Commonwealth Government social security criteria,
entitles the holder to free travel on the TransLink bus, ferry and rail
network in south east Queensland, as well as on qconnect bus services in
regional towns of Queensland. Applicants must complete an
application form, including either their Commonwealth Blind concession card
details (ie, a Customer Reference Number from Centrelink or a File Number
from Veterans' Affairs) or medical verification they have been assessed as
legally blind. Applicants must also attach two identical passport
photographs, one of which is signed by an approved witness. A frequently asked questions factsheet
along with the application form is available in PDF and Word formats on the
Queensland Ministry of Transport website at http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/ The factsheet and form is also
available by calling 1300 417 481 or emailing PTDisability@tmr.qld.gov.au |
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National news
Woman with disability banned by Jetstar seeks settlementIn our E-bulletin
Issue 58, PWD outlined the discrimination faced by Ms Sheila King,
an immediate past PWD Board member, and the action the Disability
Discrimination Legal Centre NSW (DDLC) has taken on her behalf. Ms King booked her flight over the internet
in August 2008 but was contacted the next day and told she would not be able
to fly on that day because there were already two passengers requiring
wheelchair assistance booked on the flight. She was told Jetstar had a policy of
allowing only a maximum of two wheelchair-reliant passengers on any flight. Ms King has taken the low-budget
airline to the Federal Court, claiming it discriminated against her by
treating her less favourably than a passenger who did not have a mobility
disability that required the use of a wheelchair. Ms King claims that in denying her the
right to fly, Jetstar breached the Disability Discrimination Act. Ms King has agreed to make one last
attempt to settle the matter before going to a Federal Court hearing. To read the Gender Analysis Workshop for Women with a DisabilityUNIFEM Australia is conducting Pilot Gender
Analysis Workshops for women with disability.
The pilot workshops will provide women with disability with an
introduction to gender analysis. Participants will consider key concepts and
a selection of gender analysis frameworks, approaches, tools and questions. Opportunities will be provided for
participants to apply and further develop their gender analysis skills
through the application of selected tools to policy, project, service
delivery and community related case studies. The workshops will also
provide an introduction to important international instruments including the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its
Optional Protocol. The workshops will be facilitated by the Gender
Consortium, Centre for Development Studies, Flinders University (GC) training
team. The 2 day training workshops are being
held twice, with one being delivered in The workshops are made possible
through a Federal Government grant to UNIFEM Australia. Registration is
free and will include a light morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
Participants must meet their own travel and accommodation expenses. For more information and registration
visit the UNIFEM website at https://unifemprototype.worldsecuresystems.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=59356
or contact UNIFEM on telephone 02 6285 8254 Having a Say: Making it Happen Conference
From 10 to 12 February, PWD
participated in the Having a Say: Making it Happen Conference. This annual conference primarily brings
together self advocates and adults with intellectual disability from around Organised by VALID, the Victorian
Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability, the Conference provides an
opportunity for people with disability to have a say about issues that affect
their lives, to celebrate their achievements and to plan strategies for
future activities. This year’s
conference was held at The conference opened with a moving
tribute to Doug Pentland, a Victorian activist and self advocate who spent
his younger years growing up in institutions and most of his adult life
campaigning to close them. The theme of closing institutions and creating
appropriate individualised supports and services was continued throughout the
conference. The conference also launched the
Victorian Shut In campaign, which aims to close the remaining four
institutions for people with intellectual disability which operate in For more information contact Health services for people with intellectual disabilityPWD has joined with many individuals
and organisations across Australia to endorse a position statement calling on
the Australian and State and Territory Governments to work together to
redress the inequity in health care experienced by people with intellectual
disability. The statement has been developed by
the NSW Council for Intellectual Disability (NSW CID), the National Council
for Intellectual Disability (NCID) and the Australian Association of
Developmental Disability Medicine and is on the PWD website at http://www.pwd.org.au/archive/10/PS-IntD-Health.doc
(Word 175kb). The statement outlines there are over
300,000 people with intellectual disability in The statement calls on all Governments
to establish a national network of intellectual disability health services.
Individuals and organisations are still able to endorse the position
statement. In addition to the position statement,
NSW CID is currently asking interested individuals and organisations to lobby
Labour Members of Parliament to bring this issue forward in the For more information or to endorse the
statement, contact NSW CID on telephone (02) 9211 1611; freecall 1800 424
065; or email mail@nswcid.org.au Same Sex Law Reform Education Campaign LaunchAs
previously reported in E-Bulletin
49 December 2008, 85 federal laws were changed in 2009 to remove
discrimination faced by same-sex couples. In May 2009 the Federal Government
provided funding to the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON), on behalf of the National
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Health Alliance, to create a campaign
to educate The Wear
It With Pride <http://www.wearitwithpride.com.au/>
campaign was formally launched with an art exhibition of campaign t-shirts
and a media conference on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday
2 February 2010. The
campaign features celebrities and community members wearing t-shirts designed
specifically for the campaign by some of For more information contact Dean Price, Advocacy Projects Manager on one of the numbers listed at the end of
this E-Bulletin or email deanp@pwd.org.au |
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International News
PWD report tabled at UN NGO Committee sessionEvery four years PWD must report to the
United Nations on our activities in relation to our Special Consultative
Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. PWD submitted its Quadrennial Report
2005-2008 in June 2009 in preparation for the UN Committee on Non-Governmental
Organisations session held at the end of January 2010. On 10 February 2010, PWD was informed
that our report was accepted by the Committee. Our report and the Committee’s
recommendation will now go to the July session of the Economic and Social Council
for formal approval. For more information contact Therese Sands, Advocacy Projects Manager on one of
the numbers listed at the end of this E-Bulletin or email thereses@pwd.org.au
Disability Rights, Gender and Development: A Resource Tool for ActionThe Wellesley Centers for Women in collaboration with the United
Nations Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and the United Nations Population Fund has produced a resource, Disability Rights, Gender and Development:
A Resource Tool for Action. It provides valuable insights on the theory and practice of
human rights-based approaches to development, and provides innovative
approaches to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (CRPD) in gender and child sensitive development
activities. For
a copy of this manual see the UN website at http://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/Publication/UNWCW%20MANUAL.pdf
(only available in PDF format) Disability Rights Fund: 65 Grantees in 11 CountriesThe Disability Rights Fund (DRF), a
collaboration among donors and disability activists to support the human
rights of people with disability around the world has announced 65 new grants
totalling $1,382,050 to Disabled Persons Organisations in eleven countries. Since its founding in 2008, DRF has
gifted over $2.7 million to 87 different organisations in fourteen countries.
DRF currently supports work in: Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru; Ghana,
Namibia, Uganda; Bangladesh, India; and 14 Pacific Island countries: Cook
Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau,
Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands,
Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The grants support Disabled Persons
Organisations to raise awareness about the rights of people with
disabilities, build coalitions and networks, and develop advocacy and
monitoring activities, in connection with the UN Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). PWD is pleased that 5 grantees are
from our DPO colleagues in the Pacific: Ÿ
Papua New Guinea Assembly of Disabled Persons (PNG
ADP) – grant towards CRPD ratification efforts Ÿ
Fiji Disabled People’s Association (FDPA) – grant to
lobby for CRPD ratification Ÿ
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People with Disabilities Solomon Islands (PWDSI) –
grant to raise awareness of the CRPD, especially in remote islands The full grantee list is posted on the
DRF website at http://www.disabilityrightsfund.org/grantees.html
International Women’s Day – Empowering Women to End Poverty by 2015 – March 8th 2010International
Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on the 8th of March across the world. IWD is
a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of
women in the past, present and future. It is a day when women are recognised
for their achievements, without regards for divisions, whether national,
ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political. This year’s theme is Empowering Women to End Poverty by 2015, and aims to raise public
awareness about the centrality of gender equality to the achievement of the
Millennium Development Goals and to discuss practical ways that the Millennium
Development Goals can be achieved over the next 5 years. In
2000, Government Leaders from around the world came together and agreed on a
powerful agenda for a global partnership to fight poverty, the Millennium
Development Goals. Central to the achievement of these goals is gender
equality. Despite there being one specific goal of gender equality (Goal 3),
without progress towards the empowerment of women, none of the other goals
will be able to be achieved. Women,
and in particular women with disability disproportionately experience poverty
and widespread discrimination. These actions are examples of what we mean
when we talk about empowering women to end poverty: Ÿ
Action
taken to promote greater involvement of women in public life. Ÿ
Legal and
social programs that give women protection from violence. Ÿ
Promotion
of social change which encourages more equitable sharing of domestic burdens.
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Girls and
women enabled to gain greater access to technical training and information
and communication technologies. Ÿ
Needs and
rights of women given greater priorities when public services are being
reformed. International
Women’s Day is celebrated by many events throughout For
more information visit the International Women’s Day website at http://www.internationalwomensday.org.au/
Needs of Haiti’s Disabled must not be forgotten, says UN CommitteePersons with disability must not
become “the forgotten ones during the emergency response and the
reconstruction of the country,” the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities stated in a news release. “While relief workers are struggling
to provide aid to the people of “The disabled risk being left out
unless a disability perspective is built in the recovery process from the
start.” The 12 January quake killed up to
200,000 people, injured many others and left one third of the country's nine
million people in need of aid. “The trauma caused by this disaster
cannot be underestimated,” said Mr Al-Tarawneh, adding that many disabled
people in From the UN News Centre website at http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33715&Cr=Haiti&Cr1
New training tool for Human Resources to support CRPDThe United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
is raising awareness of its staff on issues related to persons with
disabilities via a new online training tool to facilitate their integration
into the workforce. The on-line training course by UNDP Office of Human
Resources is called “Persons with DisAbilities: Ability. CapAbility.
EmployAbility” The training tool is the premier initiative of
this type not only in its content, but also in its ability to accommodate
individuals with functional limitations. The training is unique in that it
has built-in accessibility features for people with visual, hearing, motor
and cognitive impairments. For more information visit the United Nations
Development Programme website at http://www.undp.org/disability-course-demo/
OHCHR – Preparing a study for the Human Rights CouncilThe Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR) is preparing a study for the Human Rights Council on the
structure and role of national implementation and monitoring mechanisms in
the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The study is being
prepared for the 13th session of the Council that will take place in For more information visit the OHCHR website at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/disability/
Pacific progress in addressing the human rights of persons with disability welcomeThe
Pacific Disability Forum (PDF), Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Eight Pacific island countries have
either passed or are in the final stages of approving rights-based policies;
some have established national disability advocacy and coordination
mechanisms and four countries have signed the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Mr Macanawai, CEO of the PDF said,
“Disabled Persons Organisations have played a leading role in advancing
awareness of disability in Pacific communities and have actively engaged
governments to develop policy.” Mr Miller, Disability Coordination
Officer of PIFS said, “governments have been willing to engage with people
with disabilities, as well as with advocacy and service organisations and
have embraced new policy to address the priorities of the International
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We were very
pleased that Pacific Island Ministers responsible for disability were so
enthusiastic in their support for a Pacific regional strategy on disability
and we hope that this will be a useful policy and implementation tool to
assist countries address national priorities.” Mr Wilkinson of UNESCAP Pacific Operations Centre said
“Pacific Island countries have supported disability initiatives on the
regional political agenda since 2003 when the Biwako Millennium Framework for
Action Towards and Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society for
Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific was adopted by Forum
Leaders as a useful framework for addressing the needs of persons with
disabilities. However, it is concerning to note that governments and donors
alike still neglect to include disability when reporting on the achievement
of the Goals and targets of the Millennium Development Declaration. The
Biwako Millennium Framework was specifically developed as a tool to assist
governments to include disability in MDG reporting.” "If we are serious about
addressing poverty then persons with disability must be included on MDG
reporting as persons with disability are more likely to be poor than any
other group in society," said Mr Macanawai. Mr Miller said that “we expect to
support the development of new disability policy in Tuvalu early in 2010 and
we will be supporting other Pacific Island countries meet their obligations
with respect to the new Regional Strategy and therefore to the priorities of
the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.” “We have a very important
partnership arrangement with the Australia Human Rights Commission to deliver
rights awareness training for DPO and government representatives in a number
of The Pacific Disability Forum,
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and UN ESCAP Pacific Operations Centre have
been coordinating their support and technical advice to governments, DPOs and
NGOs in the Pacific over the last few years and have undertaken a number of
joint missions. Most recently Mr Miller and Mr Macanawai conducted a joint
mission to Kiribati in August to support the drafting of a national policy on
disability, Mr Miller and Mr Wilkinson supported a national workshop in the
Solomon Islands to develop disability legislation later that month, and Mr
Macanawai and Mr Wilkinson conducted a joint mission to the Federated States
of Micronesia in late 2008 to support the final stage of the approval of
their national disability policy. |
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The Inside Story
Farewell to outgoing
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Training Brochure & Registration Form
(pdf) (122kb)
http://www.pwd.org.au/archive/10/March-June%202010%20final.pdf
Training Brochure & Registration Form
(word) (1.42MB)
http://www.pwd.org.au/archive/10/March-June%202010%20final.rtf
PWD has an extensive experience in the
development and delivery of professional training across a wide range of
disability areas, PWD is able to develop specific in-house training sessions
for your organisation. We are constantly adding to and improving the training
we have on offer and so have a wide range of courses available to suit
everyone’s needs.
To find out more about PWD's training
services or to discuss your specific training needs, by email or by one of
the numbers listed at the end of this bulletin.
For more information contact Fiona
Godfrey, Training Manager on one
of the numbers listed at the end of this E-Bulletin or email fionag@pwd.org.au
Website: http://www.pwd.org.au/training/
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March – Coalition on Intellectual Disability & Criminal Justice Forum: 6pm-8.30pm,
Building F8,
More details: http://www.cnet.ngo.net.au/content/view/46298/451
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16 March – Third Sector Women’s Networking
Lunch: Melbourne Convention
and Exhibition Centre, VIC
More details: http://www.celebratethirdsectorwomen.com.au/
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16 March – YOORALLA in conjunction with Guest Speaker BRUCE BONYHADY are
offering a free Community Information
Session about the National Disability Insurance Scheme: (Two Sessions)
12-2pm and 7-9pm. Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre Corner of Bell
Street and
More details: contact the Yooralla Office at
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22 March – What does Self Directed Planning,
Funding and Support mean for people with high and complex needs? 9am-4pm, Burwood RSL,
More details: http://www.cnet.ngo.net.au/content/view/46556/451
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25 March – Supporting People with a Disability
to Access the Sex Industry: 9am
- 5pm Family Planning NSW,
More details: http://www.fpahealth.org.au/37461_5.html
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25-26 March – Arts Activated: Accessible Arts
Conference:
More details: http://www.aarts.net.au/arts-activated-conference-2010
or contact Jane Pollard at email jpollard@aarts.net.au or by
telephone at 02 9251 6499
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12 & 13 April – 2010 Pacific Rim
International Conference on Disabilities: Center on Disability Studies, University of
More details: http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/
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6-7 May – NDS Accommodation and Social
Participation Conference:
Conrad Jupiters, Gold Coast.
More details: Sarah Maguire Ph: (02) 6283 3200 or email sarah.maguire@nds.org.au
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23-25 May – Think Globally, Act Locally: 2010
Annual Conference, Round Table
on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities,
More details: http://www.roundtable2010.wordpress.com/call-for-papers
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CALL FOR PAPERS 2-4 August – Association of
Children’s Welfare Agencies Conference 2010: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. Call for papers are now
open and will close on 25 March 2010. Guidelines for submissions at http://www.acwa2010.com/abstract.asp
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15-16 September – Implementing Disability
Inclusive Development in the Pacific and
More details: http://www.addc.org.au/
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CALL FOR PAPERS 1-3 November – Global Domestic
Violence Conference Gathering in
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