Violence against women with disabilities: is Australia meeting its human rights obligations?

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Violence against women with disabilities: is Australia meeting its human rights obligations?

Australia has developed a National Disability Strategy and a National Plan of Action on Violence Against Women in response to its international human rights commitments. Neither the Strategy nor the Plan, however, appears to adequately address violence against women with disabilities. Violence dispr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Didi, A., Soldatic, Karen, Frohmader, C., Dowse, L.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	LexisNexis Butterworths 2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67510

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