In support of Silent Tears the following key figures in both the gender and disability sectors in Australia, have provided content to accompany the participants’ stories which detail the multiple and intersecting forms of violence perpetrated against women and girls with disability.

NATIONALLY

  • Rosie Batty, 2015 Australian of the Year, Luke Batty Foundation
  • Megan Mitchell, National Children’s Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
  • Hon Senator Michaela Cash, Minister for Women, Australian Federal Government
  • Natasha Stott Despoja, UN Ambassador for Women and Girls
  • Matthew Bowden, Co-CEO of People with Disability Australia
  • Carolyn Frohmader, CEO of Women With Disabilities Australia
  • Dr Elizabeth Anne Riley, (PhD, MACouns, BSc)
  • Susan Salthouse, Member of the COAG Advisory Panel to reduce violence against women.
  • Josephine Cashman, former Member of the Prime Minsters Indigenous Advisory Council
  • Leanne Miller, Executive Director, Koorie Women Mean Business Incorporated
  • Lana Sandas, CEO, WIPAN
  • Morgan Carpenter, Co-Chair of national intersex organisation Oll Australia
  • Ross Coulthart, Walkley Award winning investigative journalist & 60 Minutes reporter.
  • Dr Jan Hammill, Centre for Clinical Research Queensland University
  • Dr Di Winkler, CEO of the Summer Foundation
  • Bruce Esplin, AM
  • Marie-Rose Paterson, Registered Psychologist
  • Graeme Innes AM
  • Cate McGregor AM
  • Kate Swaffer, Chair, CEO, Co-founder Dementia Alliance International
  • Tara Moss, Author, human rights advocate and anti-cyber bullying campaigner.

INTERNATIONALLY

  • Dr Helen Szoke Chief Executive of Oxfam Australia
  • Rebecca Peters OAM, Transitions Foundation, Guatemala
  • Alex Gáves CEO of Transitions Foundation, Guatemala
  • CBM International Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Nadia Hada, European Disability Forum, Board of Directors & Executive Committee Member, Belgium
  • An-Sofie Leenknecht, Human Rights Coordinator European Disability Forum, Brussells, Belgium
  • Ida Puji Astuti Maryono Putri, Program Officer with Perhimpunan Ohana, Indonesia
  • Ludovica Pimpinella, Assistente di Direzione atAssociazione Differenza Donna, Italy
  • Rosalba Taddeini, Director Disabled Peoples International, Italy
  • Rita Barbuto, President Disabled Peoples International, Italy
  • Lars Bosselmann, Director International Advocacy and Alliances, CB International, Brussels, Belgium
  • Sarah Meschenmoser, Referentin Politische Arbeit of the International Policy Programme of CBM in Berlin
  • Margot Müller, Bundessprecherin Feministische Partei in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Jule Fischer of RuT Rad und Tat e.V. Offene Initiative Lesbischer Frauen, Berlin, Germany
  • Jolijn Santegoeds, Initiator Stichting Mind Rights, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Marina George, Independent Consultant, The Centre for Research and Policy in Disability, Mumbai, India
  • Radhika Alkazi – Founder & Managing Trustee, AARTH-ASTHA India
  • Nidhi Goyal, Gender and Disability Rights Activist and Comedian Mumbai, India
  • Juliette Davodeau, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL, Paris France
  • Maudy Piot, Ecoute Violences Femmes Handicapées, Paris France
  • Stig Langvad, Formand for Den Uvildige Konsulentordning på Handicapområdet, Denmark
  • Maria Juana Soto Santana, Advisor CONDIS, CONADIS, Naucalpan de Juárez Area, Mexico
  • Nadia Arroyo Estrada, Compartiendo Saberes Transformando, Mexico
  • Leela Ramdhani, Head of Operations & Institutional Development  of OXFAM, South Africa
  • Ms Nomasonto Grace Mazibuko, Commissioner, Commission for Gender Equality, South Africa
  • Lidia Pretorius, Director General in the National Department of Social Development, South Africa
  • Mr Javu Baloy, Spokeperson Commission for Gender Equality, South Africa
  • Dr Thabo Rapoo, Director of Policy and Research, Commission for Gender Equality, South Africa
  • Scott A. Hess, Director of Communications, MFA Barrier Free Living New York USA (West Africa)
  • Diane Rickard Mercy Ships East Africa
  • Toni Fitzgerald, Director Rights For Girls Initiative Australia Ltd (Mali)
  • Mijoo Kim, Director, Women with Disabilities Art & Culture Network
  • Lee Jeong-shim PhD, Director General/ Women’s and Youth Rights Promotion Bureau, The Republic of Korea
  • Bonnie Brayton, National Executive, DirectorDisAbled Women’s Network of Canada, Canada
  • Prof Angela Colantonio, Director of the University of Toronto Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
  • Sylvana Rodrigue, Employment Counsellor for Aboriginal People with Disabilities, Winnipeg Canada
  • Frances Sinclair-KaspickWinipeg Canada
  • Izzeldin Abuelaish, Associate Professor of Global Health, University of Toronto
  • Mary Keough, Senior Advisor for Disability and Gender Equality, CBM International, Ireland
  • Diane KingstonOBE, human rights defender and international development specialist
  • Dr Elizabeth Lockwood –CBM Representative at the UN, New York
  • Dr Huhana Hickey, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
  • Nkhungu Magero, Programme Coordinator, Gender Justice, Kenya
  • Ana Pelaez, Vice President of the European Disability Forum, Belgium
  • JesusToledano Landero, whist Director General of the Mexican National Council for the Development and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, Mexico