Women with disabilities twice as likely to experience physical and sexual violence

“Violence against women and girls with disabilities is not perpetrated by a ‘few bad apples,’ it looks like street harassment, controlling behaviours by paid and unpaid carers, doctors and policy-makers taking away reproductive choices, and institutional violence.”

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Topics:
Gender, violence, Abuse and Neglect

Author:
Jessie Tu

Source:
Women's Agenda

Date published:
Wed 9th Feb, 2022