Policy Position Paper on Gender Discrimination and Inequality
Despite supposed equal rights under international and domestic law, women and gender diverse people experience inequality, discrimination, increased risk of abuse and gendered violence, poverty and homelessness at a rate
Driven by Lived Experience Framework and Strategy | MHCC
The Mental Health Complaints Commissioner (MHCC) has launched their ‘Driven by Lived Experience Framework and Strategy’, which represents the organisation’s commitment to being driven by lived experience in everything it
Policy Position Paper #5 | Sexual Safety in Psychiatric Inpatient Units
We have written our Policy Position Paper on Sexual Safety in Psychiatric Inpatient Units, with the purpose to ensure the sexual safety of all people on acute mental health inpatient
VMIAC Policy Position Paper #4: Gender Discrimination and Inequality | The Issues
We have written our Policy Position Paper #4 on Gender Discrimination and Inequality to o eliminate and prevent discrimination and inequality against consumers on the basis of gender and gender
Policy Position Paper #5 | Sexual Safety in Psychiatric Inpatient
We have written our Policy Position Paper on Sexual Safety in Psychiatric Inpatient Units, with the purpose to ensure the sexual safety of all people on acute mental health inpatient
Issues affecting consumers labelled with “serious and persistent mental illness” | Our response to the Royal Commission
Content warning: this article includes information you may find triggering, including ways in which mental health services stigmatise and discriminate against people with lived experience of mental or emotional distress.
Policy Position Paper on Gender Discrimination and Inequality
We have written our Policy Position Paper on Gender Discrimination and Inequality, with the purpose to eliminate and prevent discrimination and inequality against consumers on the basis of gender and
Leading the Change – Working inside the broken mental health system | Webinar with Dr Kath Sellick and Vrinda Edan
We are delighted to be hosting Dr Kath Sellick and Vrinda Edan on the 18th November to discuss their invaluable research Leading the Change – Working inside the broken mental
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability’s Interim Report
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has released its interim report setting out what it has done in its first 15 months; however,
VMIAC Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
In response to deep concerns raised by NDIS participants, VMIAC has made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee into the NDIS, detailing our concerns about the introduction of Mandatory Independent Assessments