Women with DisabilitiesMaria Veronica Reina

Global Partnership for Disability and Development

WwD in Development-GPDD

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Framing the Issue

• Marginalization results in Exclusion:– Economic– Social life– Community

• Barriers to Development Programs– Physical– Cultural

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Reproductive Health of WwD

• Barriers to access reproductive health care and basic medical care– Inaccessibility of health care clinics and

procedures– Lack of information in appropriate formats– Lack of awareness and sensitization among agents

• Rights denied– Retain fertility– Give birth

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Violence and Access to Justice

• Violence from– Care givers– In war– In prisons– From their own families

• Barriers to access Justice– Accessibility issues– Awareness issues

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Education

• Women with disabilities: lower educational attainment than other women and men with disabilities

• Developing countries: lack of teachers and schools capable to addressing the needs of children with disabilities in education, especially in the rural areas.

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Environment

• Women with disabilities: disproportionately impacted by natural and man made disasters

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Employment

• Discrimination, based on gender or disability or both, is a significant barrier for women with disabilities in obtaining employment.

• Women with disabilities face attitudinal and institutional barriers to participating in different forms of employment, including self-employment

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Other issues

• Marginalized Populations within Women with Disabilities

• Girls with Disabilities• Aging with Disability• Care-giving• Assistive devices• Sanitation• Data

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Other issues 2

• Media• Mental health

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Recommendations

• Leading role in society• Participation in development• Inclusion of a gendered disability dimension• Accessibility from project design• Disability awareness• Stories of WwD

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Recommendations 2

• Self-determination• Capacity building of wwd• Appropriate training of stakeholders• Inclusion of wwd in education• Accessible schools• Early identification of girls with disabilities• Indicators

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Recommendations 3

• Participatory research• Media • MDGs

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