WUNRN
SIYANDA UPDATE
DISABLED WOMEN
Disabled
women are doubly discriminated against, because of their gender and of
their disability. How can we ensure that their rights are
protected?
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Author |
Maxwell,
J, Watts Belser, J. and David, D. |
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Document Type |
Tool |
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Publication Date |
February
2007 |
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Summary |
This
handbook provides basic information to improve the health and well-being of
women with disabilities and to help those who assist women with disabilities
to provide good care. |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 31st July 2007 |
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Title |
Violence and Abuse against Women with
Disabilities in Malawi |
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Author |
Hoem
Kvam, M. and Hellum Braathen, S. |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
November
2006 |
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Summary |
This
research project studies the nature of abuse and neglect of women with
disabilities in Malawi. |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 23rd July 2007 |
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Author |
Rosenhek,
S. |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
September
2006 |
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Summary |
This
article describes how women's rights organisations can increase the
participation of women and girls with disabilities in all aspects of their
work. |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 20th November 2006 |
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Author |
Parritt,
S. and Harris, T. |
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Document Type |
Guide |
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Publication Date |
January
2006 |
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Summary |
This
series of fifteen short leaflets provides clear information and practical
advice for people with disabilities in the UK. |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 23rd July 2007 |
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Author |
Red
de Salud de las Mujeres Latinoamericanas y del Caribe (RSMLAC) |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
January
2006 |
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Summary |
This
article describes the efforts made in Peru to challenge and redress
discrimination against disabled women and related initiatives at national and
international level. |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 24th July 2007 |
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Author |
Arnade,
S. and Haefner. S. |
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Document Type |
Policy
Document |
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Publication Date |
January
2006 |
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Summary |
Why
and how should a gender perspective be introduced to the proposed United
Nations International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the
Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities? |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 24th July 2007 |
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Title |
A Voice of Our Own: Advocacy by Women with
Disability in Australia and the Pacific |
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Author |
Sands,
T. |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
November
2005 |
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Summary |
This
article highlights the situation of women with disabilities and discusses the
advocacy work of People with Disability Australia Incorporated (PWDA). |
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Date Added
to Site: Friday, 26th January 2007 |
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Author |
Naidu,
E., Haffejee, S., Vetten, L. & Hargreaves, S. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
April
2005 |
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Summary |
South
African women with disabilities are more vulnerable to violence than
non-disabled women, experience it in different and particular ways, and
receive inappropriate and inadequate support services from local providers. |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 24th July 2007 |
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Author |
Amy
Elman, R. |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
January
2005 |
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Summary |
This
article highlights the gaps in research on sexual abuse of women with
disabilities in the United States. |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 1st February 2005 |
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Author |
Nisha |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
August
2004 |
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Summary |
This
paper explores the many ways in which the sexual lives of disabled women are
denied, resisted and controlled. |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 29th May 2007 |
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Title |
Women with Disabilities: Accessing Trade
(English and French) |
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Author |
Stienstra,
D., Watters, C., Grant, H., Huang, H.M. and Troschuk, L. |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
July
2004 |
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Summary |
This
research paper shows how women with disabilities - who are already vulnerable
on account of their gender and disabled status - are further marginalised as
a result of trade liberalisation. |
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Date Added
to Site: Thursday, 23rd June 2005 |
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Author |
Women
and Equality Unit |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
July
2003 |
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Summary |
This
document is a summary of the UK's fifth periodic report on the Convention on
the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW),
covering the period 1999 to 2003. |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 24th July 2007 |
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Title |
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Author |
Maria-Cristina
Sará-Serrano Mathiason |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
January
2003 |
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Summary |
How
are 'Women with Disabilities' included in United Nations' agreements? |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 24th July 2007 |
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Title |
Development and Self-Help Movement of Women
with Disabilities |
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Author |
Yukiko
Nakanishi |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
January
2002 |
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Summary |
This
article raises the profile of self-help women's disability groups in Japan
and advocates for their inclusion in development assistance programmes. |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 24th July 2007 |
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Title |
Gender and Disability: A Survey of InterAction
Member Agencies |
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Author |
Singleton,
T. et al. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
January
2002 |
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Summary |
This
survey report highlights the need to include women and girls with
disabilities in international development organisations and programmes. |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 31st July 2007 |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
January
2002 |
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Summary |
This
briefing paper recommends the use of a human rights framework to protect the
reproductive health and rights of women and girls with disabilities. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 29th September 2004 |
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Title |
Learning from Experience: Strengthening
Organisations of Women with Disabilities |
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Author |
Dixon,
H. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
September
2001 |
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Summary |
This
case study analyses the experiences and lessons learnt from the Disabled
Women's Programme of Fundación Solidez in Nicaragua. |
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18. |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 23rd July 2007 |
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Author |
O’Toole,
C. J. |
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Document Type |
Background
Document |
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Publication Date |
September
2000 |
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Summary |
This
paper describes the struggles of disabled women to have their rights
recognised and promoted both within the disabled people's movement and within
the disabled women groups worldwide both at regional and country level. |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 21st October 2003 |
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Title |
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Author |
Owens,
T. |
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Document Type |
Case
Study |
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Publication Date |
June
2000 |
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Summary |
"Outsiders",
a UK based organisation helps people with disabilities find friendship, love,
sex, and partnerships. |
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20. |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 23rd July 2007 |
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Title |
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Author |
Observatorio
de la Discapacidad |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
January
2000 |
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Summary |
This
document describes the experiences of four European initiatives of disabled
women which are innovative and seek to transform attitudes and practices. |
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