Jane Rosengrave

Jane Rosengrave

Jane Rosengrave is a proud Yorta Yorta woman and disability advocate. Jane lives with an intellectual disability and is widely respected for her fearless advocacy regarding violence against people with disability. Jane has given evidence at the Royal Commission into Institutional responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and supported others to give evidence too. Jane lived in institutions from six months old, in conditions she describes as “like a jail”. From the age of six until she turned 21, she experienced sexual abuse and emotional torment by more than one perpetrator. After leaving the institution as an adult, she went on to live in an abusive relationship for 16 years. She now has a home of her own and is “free as a bird” from those who impacted on her earlier life. Jane is a sought after public speaker and often appears in the media. Jane joined the FPDN Board in 2016 and is also on the Board at People with Disability Australia.

Jane was awarded the Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Award at the Australian Human Rights Awards 2016.