Carolyn Patricia Frohmader (born 18 February 1965) is an Australian human rights campaigner for women and girls with disabilities, and the long-serving Executive Director of
Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA).
Biography
Born in
Mount Stuart, Tasmania
Mount Stuart is a suburb of Hobart that lies on a ridge that extends from a foothill of Mount Wellington, known as Knocklofty.
History
The original owners of the land, upon which Mount Stuart is built, were known as Mouheneenner band of the Sou ...
, Carolyn Frohmader received her bachelor's degree from
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College (University of Tasmania), Christ College, one of the unive ...
, and her master's degree from
Flinders University
Flinders University, established as The Flinders University of South Australia is a public university, public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across a number of locations in South Australia and ...
, where she won the Michael Crotty Award for an outstanding contribution in Primary Health Care. Since 1997, Frohmader has been Chief Executive Officer of Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA). Under her leadership, WWDA received a number of awards, including the National Violence Prevention Award (1999), National Human Rights Award (2001), and the Tasmanian Women's Safety Award (2008). Frohmader has become one of the leading disability rights advocates in Australia, and largely due to her work, WWDA has developed into a nationally and internationally recognised leader in the international disabled women’s rights movement.
Carolyn wrote her book "In Our Words" to answer the needs of women in South-East
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
.It was then that in 1997 she became she became Executive Director of WWDA.
Awards
* ACT Women's Honour Roll (2001)
*
Tasmanian Women’s Honour Roll (2009)
* Nominee for
Australian of the Year Awards Tasmania (2010)
* National Human Rights Award – Individual (2013)
See also
*
Women With Disabilities Australia
The Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA), formerly known as the Women with Disabilities Feminist Collective (WDFC), is an Australian social support organization representing women, girls, feminine identifying, and non-binary people with disa ...
References
Further reading
* carolyn frohmader – executive director, women with disabilities australi
P♀sitively Remarkable People
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1965 births
Living people
Australian human rights activists
Australian women human rights activists
Flinders University alumni
University of Tasmania alumni