People with Disabilities
Documents on People with Disabilities (42)
Author:
H. Jones; B. Reed,
Loughborough University of Technology, Jan 2005
Based on three years of research in low-income countries, this book provides a range of practical low-cost solutions to improve accessibility to household water and sanitation facilities for children, women ...
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Author:
R. Reynolds,
Equal Opportunities Commission, UK, Mar 2007
48 percent of disabled people of working age in Britain (3.3 million) are women and according to this report, they face multiple barriers because they experience discrimination on account of ...
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Author:
S. Hellum Braathen; M. Hoem Kvam,
Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research, Nov 2006
Through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, this study examines the experiences of abuse, violence and neglect of 23 women with disabilities in the urban Blantyre district of Malawi. The ...
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Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, Jan 2002
Women with disabilities comprise ten percent of women world-wide but yet their reproductive health and rights are often neglected. This paper suggests that international human rights laws and agreements be ...
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Author:
M. S. Mathiason,
United Nations, Jan 2003
Getting 'Women with Disabilities' onto the United Nations' (UN) development agenda has been a long process. This paper charts the detailed history of including women with disabilities in international agreements. ...
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