This report was based on an e-discussion by GPDD and the World Bank Disability team in 2009. The report outlines knowledge regarding the exclusion experienced by women with disabilities in the development context and vulnerability experienced across sectors.
This article provides an overview and introduction to the key issues experienced by Women with Disabilities when accessing Community Based Rehabilitations (CBR) services and includes practical strategies to ensure better inclusion.
This study aims to identify the issues and challenges faced by women and girls with disabilities in the Pacific and to analyse social and economic factors impacting on their human rights.
This handbook is designed to help women with disabilities overcome the social stigma of disability and inadequate care which are greater barriers to health than the disabilities themselves.
Mainstreaming disability into development has been the overarching theme of the Disability Knowledge and Research (KaR) Program. This section considers why mainstreaming is of such importance and looks at some of the most significant findings.
This website provides a list of disabled women's organisations, groups, and committees in the Asia Pacific Region and was developed at the International Labour Organisation in Bangkok in December 2007.
This website provides an overview of information relevant to women with disabilities as well as questions and answers in addition to sections on myths and additional resources.
This article addresses the interconnection between disability and gender identity and how it is largely invisible within women's rights, disability rights, and development agendas. For women with disability in the Asia and Pacific region, this is particularly evident for Pacific women; within Australia, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
This paper outlines recommendations from the 10th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women held in Noumea 27-31 May 2007, were three relating to women and disabilities.
This paper addresses the challenges disabled women in India face and examines various issues including health, education and employment.