Carolyn Patricia Frohmader (18 February 1965 – present) 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, 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, one of the university's residential colleges, first pro ...
, and her master's degree from
Flinders University
Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...
, 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
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.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
The Australian of the Year is a national award conferred on an Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Governmentowned social enterprise. Similar awards are also conferred at the State and Territo ...
Tasmania (2010)
* National Human Rights Award – Individual (2013)
See also
*
Women With Disabilities Australia
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
Women human rights activists
Flinders University alumni
University of Tasmania alumni