Action on Disability Outcome 3: Promoting inclusion and participation in the community of women with a disability. Method/ Outcome Performance measure Time Responsibility frame Promote leadership roles Invite and support the April 2014 CEO, Board for women with a representation of women with a disability by recruiting disability onto the WDVCS Board women on to WDVCS Board of Management Ensure that women with Continue and maintain a ongoing CEO and disabilities unique collaborative partnership with Coordinator perspectives are Women with Disabilities Victoria & Training informing WDVCS planning, policy and service delivery Increase community WDVCS Media Project uses the ongoing Communications & awareness of issues and media to raise awareness and Media Advocate barriers for women with a inform debate on the impact of coordinator disability experiencing family violence on women with a gender based violence disability Ensure that women and WDVCS utilises its position within ongoing CEO Leadership children with a disability the Victorian Integrated Family Team rights and needs are Violence Response service system incorporated into all to promote the inclusion of aspects of family violence the rights and needs of women and policy, governance and children with a disability law reform Promote research, WDVCS prioritise resourcing ongoing CEO, Coordinator – evidence generation, data participation in initiatives which Quality and collection and build an evidence base on the Training documentation regarding impact of family violence on women women and children with and children with a disability a disability affected by family violence Advocate for the inclusion WDVCS through its peak body June CEO of both gender based Domestic Violence Victoria 2013 violence in the National advocate the inclusion of gender Disability Insurance and family violence in the NDIS Scheme (NDIS)
Action on Disability Outcome 3: Promoting inclusion and participation in the community of women with a disability. Method/ Outcome Performance measure Time frame Responsibility Promote leadership roles for women with a disability by recruiting women on to WDVCS Board of Management Invite and support the representation of women with a disability onto the WDVCS Board April 2014 CEO, Board Ensure that women with disabilities unique perspectives are informing WDVCS planning, policy and service delivery Continue and maintain a collaborative partnership with Women with Disabilities Victoria ongoing CEO and Coordinator & Training Increase community awareness of issues and barriers for women with a disability experiencing gender based violence WDVCS Media Project uses the media to raise awareness and inform debate on the impact of family violence on women with a disability ongoing Communications & Media Advocate coordinator Ensure that women and children with a disability rights and needs are incorporated into all aspects of family violence policy, governance and law reform WDVCS utilises its position within the Victorian Integrated Family Violence Response service system to promote the inclusion of the rights and needs of women and children with a disability ongoing CEO Leadership Team Promote research, evidence generation, data collection and documentation regarding women and children with a disability affected by family violence WDVCS prioritise resourcing participation in initiatives which build an evidence base on the impact of family violence on women and children with a disability ongoing CEO, Coordinator – Quality and Training Advocate for the inclusion of both gender based violence in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) WDVCS through its peak body Domestic Violence Victoria advocate the inclusion of gender and family violence in the NDIS June 2013 CEO
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