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Summary: Women with disabilities face a double
discrimination, both in terms of gender
and also of their particular
disability. For many women their most
punishing disability is the attitude
taken to them by society.
Women with disabilities face a double discrimination, both in terms
of gender and also of their particular disability. For many women
their most punishing disability is the attitude taken to them by
society.
This book examines the situation of women with various types of
disability in the Middle Eastern context, and describes the evolution
of Oxfam's perspective on working with disabled women. It provides a
general overview of the concept of disability and includes several
case studies from the Lebanon, Yemen, and the Occupied Palestinian
Territories. Each chapter looks at specific aspects of the issue, and
personal histories from disabled women and members of organisations
for disabled people provide gripping testimony.
Chapters include:
disabled women in Beijing; working with mothers of children with
learning disabilities; blind girls' life-chances; gender
considerations in community based rehabilitation projects in Jordan
and the Palestinian Territories; and facing the backlash: one woman's
experience in Yemen.
Lina Abu-Habib has worked for Oxfam in Lebanon for several years,
specialising in gender and disability issues.
Owner: Lina Abu-Habib