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Samantha French

@SamPWDA

Social Inclusion, Employment, International @PWDAustralia - Seeking a vision of a socially just, accessible & inclusive community for all people with disability

 Australia
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Joined March 2014
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Rosemary Kayess provides her first interview as Disability Discrimination Commissioner abc.net.au/news/2024-01-30/r… via @ABCaustralia
Rosemary Kayess provides her first interview as Disability Discrimination Commissioner

Rosemary Kayess provides her first interview as Disability Discrimination Commissioner

Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.

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Australia's Federal Budget will be handed down in Parliament by Treasurer Jim Chalmers today, Tuesday 9 May, 2023. Stay tuned for details here budget.gov.au/
[IMAGE PWDA Deputy-CEO Carolyn Hodge, PWDA President Nicole Lee and Senior Manager of Policy Giancarlo de Vera at Australian Parliament House ]

ALT [IMAGE PWDA Deputy-CEO Carolyn Hodge, PWDA President Nicole Lee and Senior Manager of Policy Giancarlo de Vera at Australian Parliament House ]

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Today at #COP27 is a busy day around disability inclusion. Don't forget that persons with disabilities are agents of change. The more inclusive the plans and process, the more people that can be protected. Stay tuned for more. #ClimateJusticeForAll
Protest where the main sign says Change the system to save the planet

ALT Protest where the main sign says Change the system to save the planet

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The photos in this thread picture us with colleagues who have worked collaboratively with PWDA in our advocacy to promote DIDRR in the Asia-Pacific Region. Thank you all for your contributions! We will bring you more on the conference later this week.
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Our event on Monday provided an important opportunity for people with #disability to meet prior to the start of the conference to discuss the ways in which we can support each other in raising awareness of importance of disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction (DIDRR).
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We’re at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction #APMCDRR this week! On Monday, we co-hosted a networking event on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction, and tomorrow afternoon PWDA's Sam French will be moderating a session on the same topic...
PWDA Senior Policy Officer Samantha French smiling with Alex Robinson from the Nossal Institute, Abia Akram from the regional DPO network Asia-Pacific Women with Disabilities, and Kata Tswana from the DPO regional network of the Pacific Disability Forum Disaster Preparedness Unit.

ALT PWDA Senior Policy Officer Samantha French smiling with Alex Robinson from the Nossal Institute, Abia Akram from the regional DPO network Asia-Pacific Women with Disabilities, and Kata Tswana from the DPO regional network of the Pacific Disability Forum Disaster Preparedness Unit.

PWDA Board members Clare Gibellini and Andrew Fairbairn, with Sam French, and Ben Clare and Michaela Sargent from Exemplar International smiling in a conference room.

ALT PWDA Board members Clare Gibellini and Andrew Fairbairn, with Sam French, and Ben Clare and Michaela Sargent from Exemplar International smiling in a conference room.

A group of people sitting in a room smiling. They are staff from the PDF Secretariat meeting with Disabled Persons Organisations delegates from Vanuatu, the Cook Islands, Fiji and Australia.

ALT A group of people sitting in a room smiling. They are staff from the PDF Secretariat meeting with Disabled Persons Organisations delegates from Vanuatu, the Cook Islands, Fiji and Australia.

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Want to view what we've been up to? youtube.com/watch?v=r14Cb6GP…
Clearing a path to full inclusion of people with disability in...

Clearing a path to full inclusion of people with disability in...

This issues paper was prepared in response to the lived experience ...

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"We must celebrate the progress of #DRR that has been made. Share the good practices and those that have been implemented since the #SendaiFramework came into effect in 2015." Samantha French, People with Disability Australia @PWDAustralia #APMCDRR2022 @UNDRR_AsiaPac @ADDCnews
Four panelists speaking at the stage of spotlight event of APMCDRR

ALT Four panelists speaking at the stage of spotlight event of APMCDRR

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"Increase the community-based support systems & services for all persons with disabilities, including persons with mental, intellectual, psycho disabilities. Bring people back to a place of dignity, autonomy, & choice." Bhargavi Davar, Transforming Communities for Inclusion India
Four panelists speaking at the spotlight session of APMCDRR

ALT Four panelists speaking at the spotlight session of APMCDRR

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"Challenge are so huge but there are positive things we can work together and see the areas where we can include those voices of persons with #disabilities at all levels." Abia Akram, National Forum of Women With Disabilities Pakistan @AbiaAkram @UNDRR_AsiaPac #APMCDRR2022
Panelists speaking at the stage of spotlight event at APMCDRR

ALT Panelists speaking at the stage of spotlight event at APMCDRR

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"We know what we need in facing times of disasters. So, again, talk to us. Inaccessible #disaster #preparedness and efforts remain inaccessible if we are not included." Setareki Macanawai, Pacific Disability Forum @PDFSEC #APMCDRR2022 @UNDRR_AsiaPac
Four panelists speaking at the stage of spotlight event APMCDRR

ALT Four panelists speaking at the stage of spotlight event APMCDRR

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Happening now #APMCDRR2022: Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: How Leadership of People with Disabilities is Critical to an Effective Localisation Agenda @PWDAustralia @SamPWDA @AbiaAkram @PDFSEC
Panelists of spotlight event at the stage

ALT Panelists of spotlight event at the stage

Panelists at the stage of spotlight event

ALT Panelists at the stage of spotlight event

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Excellent little video on ableism from United Nations Human Rights vimeo.com/492480733
What is ableism?

What is ableism?

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities embraces differences between human beings and underlines the importance of embracing disability as part of human diversity. Persons with...

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Samantha French retweeted
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Sam Connor
@criprights18 Jun 2022
63 people died of COVID yesterday, Australia. If they died in a fire, it would be on the front page of every paper.
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I’m very honoured to be re-elected as an independent expert from Australia to #CRPD Committee. I’d like to thank the Australian Government for their support #COSP15 @OzDisabilityLaw @UNSWLaw
Senator Penny Wong (@SenatorWong) profile pictureSenator Penny Wong
@SenatorWong15 Jun 2022
Congratulations to Australia's @RosemaryKayess on re-election to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ms Kayess will continue to advance the #CRPD's critical work ensuring people with disabilities have the same rights, freedoms and opportunities as others.
Image from Senator Penny Wong (@SenatorWong)
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DPO Australia@DPOAustralia15 Jun 2022
Our #COSP15 day two roundup is live on our website! dpoa.org.au/cosp15-day-2-rou…
#COSP15 Day 2 Round-Up - Disabled People's Organisations Australia (DPO Australia)

#COSP15 Day 2 Round-Up - Disabled People's Organisations Australia (DPO Australia)

An early start today for delegates as the side events kicked off in earnest. The IDA (international disability Association) sponsored a formal side event looking at the impacts of the Russian...

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New for #COSP15: An Easy Read Programme! Great support from the COSP Bureau, @InclusionIntl, and @UNDESA Link here 👇un.org/development/desa/disa… @MyEDF @ADFSecretariat @BlindUnion @WFDeafBlind @WFDeaf_org @DisabilityFrm @RIADISorg @ifhoh @PDFSEC @ArabPersons @DSiupdate @FinlandUN
The cover of the Easy Read Programme. On a dark blue background: In the top left corner is the United Nations logo; in white writing "Programme of the 15th Session of the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" Bottom center is an image of a person holding two documents one an original the other an easy read version of the document

ALT The cover of the Easy Read Programme. On a dark blue background: In the top left corner is the United Nations logo; in white writing "Programme of the 15th Session of the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" Bottom center is an image of a person holding two documents one an original the other an easy read version of the document

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DPO Australia@DPOAustralia10 Jun 2022
We're heading to #COSP15 next week with delegates from @PWDAustralia @WWDA_AU @FPDNAus @NEDA_PeakBody and others in the #DisabilityRights sector. Here's a preview of one of the topics we'll be discussing - #DisabilityInclusion in disaster response: dpoa.org.au/1872-2/
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DPO Australia@DPOAustralia2 Jun 2022
Stay tuned this month for news from #COSP15 - the first @UN Conference of States Parties since 2019 to be held in person! We're joining the Civil Society group with delegates from @FPDNAus @WWDA_AU @PWDAustralia @NEDA_PeakBody Find out more: dpoa.org.au/australian-disab…
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Join us on Wednesday 29 June to meet PWDA’s Board and discuss the recent Australian federal election! PWDA members will be invited to register via email and will be able to participate in the Zoom event. This event will have live captioning and Auslan interpretation.
Text on the left reads ‘Meet the PWDA Board An online forum for PWDA members to discuss the recent Australian federal election and meet the PWDA Board.’ There are icons for closed captions and sign language. Below that is a calendar icon next to which reads '6-8pm (AEST) 29 June 2022'. To the right is a square composed of four green squares showing four multiethnic people with various disabilities.

ALT Text on the left reads ‘Meet the PWDA Board An online forum for PWDA members to discuss the recent Australian federal election and meet the PWDA Board.’ There are icons for closed captions and sign language. Below that is a calendar icon next to which reads '6-8pm (AEST) 29 June 2022'. To the right is a square composed of four green squares showing four multiethnic people with various disabilities.

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