Violence through our eyes - Women With Disabilities Australia

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of New South Wales (MDAA) gratefully
acknowledges the following contributors.
Women from non-English Speaking Backgrounds (NESB) with disability who gave their
time and generously shared their experiences of violence and the barriers they
encountered when trying to access services.
Our partner agencies: Cumberland Women’s Health, Immigrant Women’s Speakout
Association and NSW Strategy to Reduce Violence Against Women Unit.
MDAA also appreciates the time and contributions made by the following agencies: Family
Planning NSW; Griffith Sexual Assault Service; Hunter Council of Social Services;
Illawarra Philippino & Multicultural Women’s Group INC; Intellectual Disability Rights
Service; Kulkuna Women’s Refuge; Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre;
Muslim Women’s Association; NSW Attorney General’s Department; NSW Health; NSW
Police - Violence Prevention Specialist (Newcastle), Ethnic Community Liaison Officer and
Domestic Violence Liaison Officer (Parramatta Command); NSW Refugee Health Service;
NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors
(STARTTS); Noyce Salmon & D’Aquino Solicitors; Transcultural Mental Health Centre;
Women’s Health Centre; Parramatta Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance
Scheme and Wollongong Women’s Centre.
MDAA staff and volunteers who gave support throughout the project.
This project was made possible through funding provided by the then NSW Premiers
Department (Office for Women) and Clubs NSW.