A new national study suggests that
young women with disabilities face more dismal prospects for life after high school than do their male counterparts.
Canadian women are still disproportionately represented in low - wage jobs, especially
women with disabilities who suffer a considerable gender wage gap.
The very high rate of unemployment
among women with disabilities is evidence of the inability of workplaces to accommodate the needs of these women.
• Keran Howe, Executive Director,
Women with Disabilities Victoria, asks: Why are we witnessing one of the most significant social reforms in the nation's recent history, the NDIS, with no Cabinet representation?
«But ultimately the goal is to have a mixture of women in the same space,
so women with a disability or disfigurement are also considered normal.»
In our letter to Minister Michelle Stilwell, we urge immediate action to support the employment and reproductive rights
of women with disabilities.
Margaret (Peg) Nosek, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine, Senior Scientist at TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center (Houston, TX), and Executive Director of the Center for Research
on Women with Disabilities (CROWD).
In Ganser v Rosewood Estates Condominium Corporation, 2002 AHRC 2, an 87 year
old woman with disabilities resided in a condominium, the bylaws of which were amended to allow indoor parking spaces only for those owners who held a valid driver's license.
Tallying up what we know also confirms where our gaps are, and we still have many gaps in relation to understanding violence against those very women who are most vulnerable,
including women with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) women, women from immigrant and refugee communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Clients have included the No More Deaths family violence alliance, the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS), VICSERV,
Women with Disabilities Victoria, Berry Street, Jesuit Social Services, the Climate & Health Alliance, Domestic Violence Victoria (DV Vic), Department of Health and Human Services, VicHealth, and Victoria's Commission for Children and Young People.
However, in contrast to previous research, this study identified higher screening rates for women with moderate disabilities compared to those with severe disabilities — who also have greater contact with physicians than
other women with no disabilities.
In their years of experience, Michael and Lauren have seen that men and
women with disabilities often feel intimidated when introducing themselves to new people.
The United Nations notes that sports participation is especially helpful for
women with disabilities, too.
«By providing
women with disabilities the opportunity to compete and demonstrate their physical ability, sport can help to reduce gender stereotypes and negative perceptions associated with women with disabilities,» according to the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Speaking as
a woman with a disability (paralysis from a car accident), unless there is a really significant reason to exclude people, why in the world would you?
Furthermore, after arriving in the camps or in the host communities, children and
women with disabilities were vulnerable to violence, sexual abuse and mistreatment.
This is coupled with women's invisibility - there is very little coverage of women's issues or women's achievements, particularly for BME women, older women or
women with disabilities, and an «almost visceral» ridiculing of women in power or in public life.
Women with severe disabilities and multiple chronic conditions are screened for breast cancer less often than
women with no disabilities or no chronic conditions, a new study has found.
Women with disabilities would love this as their options and budgets are limited.
Disability Dating personals matches single men and
women with disabilities and handicaps together to find love; Register for free to contact other members with disabilities.
Would a guy date
a woman with a disability?.
Sally is able to walk this fine line, and play
a woman with a disability at all stages of her life (sans - prosthetics) without ever overacting.
As a teacher and occasional speaker, I talk of my own difference, that I am
a woman with a disability, the invisible disability of lupus.
The show highlights work by women of color, queer women and
women with disabilities, featuring artists from places including Argentina, South Korea and the American Midwest.
The implications of the court's decision were significant for creating substantive equality for women in the workplace, and were of particular importance to
women with disabilities.
The incidence of physical and sexual abuse against both men and
women with disabilities is significantly greater than in the general population due to their vulnerability and dependency upon their custodians and care providers.