Webinar: Changing the landscape – new resources for preventing violence against women and girls with disabilities

Akii (they/them) is a lived experience survivor-advocate and disability, gender equity, intersectionality and inclusion consultant.

Tess Whelan (she/her). Tess is the Disability Sector Advisor at Our Watch and was part of the team who developed the Changing the landscape practice resources over the past two years. Tess has enjoyed working on a range of projects and programs throughout her career with disability inclusion being a particular passion.

Dr. Léna Molnar (she/her). Research and Evaluation Lead – Gender Based Violence, Women with Disabilities Victoria. Léna's research has focused on social movements, violence prevention, and youth studies. She currently manages programs relating to the primary prevention of disability and gender-based violence, as well as disability inclusive sexual and reproductive health. Léna led WDV's partnership with Our Watch through the development of the Changing the landscape practice resources. 

Carly Myers, OAM (she/her) is the Gender and Disability Advisor at Women’s Health Grampians, focusing on projects addressing the gendered and ableist drivers of violence against women with disabilities.

Using her lived experience, she advocates for the voices of women with disabilities to be centred when decisions are being made on issues directly affecting them.

Carly has built partnerships across women’s health, disability, local government, and the community sector, delivering inclusive and accessible resources, training, community engagement events and campaigns focusing on the prevention of violence against women with disabilities, sexual and reproductive health and inclusive and accessible health services.

Carly was recently appointed to Victoria's Our Equal State reference group providing strategic advice on implementing Our equal state: Victoria’s gender equality strategy and action plan 2023-27. She received the Order of Australia Medal in 2024 for her volunteer work and advocacy.

Jane Barrett (she/her) is a Senior Worker/Project Worker at WWILD Sexual Violence Prevention Association Inc.

Jane has worked at WWILD for over 10 years, supporting people who have an intellectual disability who have been a victim/survivor of sexual violence, domestic and family violence, or are at risk of experiencing violence.

Jane has been the project manager for the Listen up! Project and the ACT training project. Both projects focus on the prevention of violence against women and non-binary people who have an intellectual disability through the creation of resources, co-designed by people who have an intellectual disability; training and community education.

Kristy Hill (she/her) is an experienced peer worker/disability advocate who has been working at WWILD Sexual Violence Prevention Association for four years.

Kristy has lived experience of intellectual disability and is a survivor of domestic and family violence. In her role at WWILD, Kristy has worked on the Listen up! Project, which focuses on the prevention of violence against women and non-binary people with disabilities through the creation of a suite of resources, which were co-designed by people who have an intellectual disability.

Currently, Kristy is delivering training to services in the ACT, focussing on best practice when working with people who have an intellectual disability who have experienced violence.

Hannah Dwyer (she/her) is the Prevention Sector Development Advisor at Safe and Equal where she leads the Partners in Prevention (PiP) Network and supports the delivery and implementation of all programs related to prevention sector development.

A primary focus for Hannah is to support and increase inclusive and accessible practice. Through her work she aims to centre lived experience of disability and embed promising practice across the work of the primary prevention team at Safe and Equal.