“Disabled People’s International (Australia) (DPIA) formed in 1983”
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- Title
- “Disabled People’s International (Australia) (DPIA) formed in 1983”
- Description
- The organisation Disabled People’s International (Australia) (DPIA) was formed in 1983. Thirteen disabled Australians who attended Disabled People’s International (DPI) first world assembly in Singapore in 1981, the International Year of the Disabled Person, returned home to set up the Australian branch two years later. The Women with Disabilities Australia online history reports that DPIA “from the outset, was dominated by disabled men. Only 3 of the 11 members of its governance structure were women, and there was no mention of women or gender in DPIA goals and objectives.” This led to the establishment of a women’s network within DPIA, known as the National Women’s Network (DPIA).
- Identifier
- AC00081
- Publisher
- Disability Arts History Australia
- datePublished
- 1980s
- sourceOrganization
- Disabled People’s International (Australia) (DPIA)
- Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
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- Action
- Type
- Create Action
- Format
- Text
- inLanguage
- English
- keywords
- Disability Politics and Activism, Participation in political and public life, Advocacy and awareness raising
- copyrightNotice
- © Disability Arts History Australia, Contributed by Annie Rolfe
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- Action
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