Disabled women’s woes galore
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KATHMANDU, DEC 05 -
Women with disabilities (WWD) have been facing double discrimination, say disability rights activists while stressing that WWDs need additional care to address their specific needs.
Tika Dahal, president of Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA), said WWDs first face discrimination as a person with disability (PWD) and second as a woman. WWDs are often denied access to health services, education, skills training, employment, and family life, he said. According to Dahal, WWDs are also often denied access to reproductive health services as doctors and nurses are not trained on ways to provide treatment to WWDs, especially women with hearing impairment, he said.
WWDs are more prone domestic and sexual violence, Dahal said, adding that their labour is not recognised by family members and are rather considered burden. Indra Maya Gurung, CA member and another disability rights activist, said equally worrisome is the fact that WWDs have low representation in all sectors. The state commits to 33 percent reservation of women in every sector, but WWDs are brought on board in reservation quotas, she said. Nepal ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2009. But two years down the line, the state hasn’t prioritised its implementation, according to Gurung and Dahal. An estimate of NDWA says there are about 3,000,000 people, including 1,600,000 women, with disabilities in Nepal.
Posted on: 2011-12-05 08:22
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