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Disabled women’s collective searches for more of Frida’s sisters

By John Pring on 25th January 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled women’s collective searches for more of Frida’s sisters
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A disabled women’s collective is looking to recruit fresh blood to help it spread the intersectional feminist values that lie at the heart of its groundbreaking work, in what it says is a “pivotal moment” in its history. For the first […]

Disabled women ‘must be involved’ in designing solutions to ‘triple whammy’ of barriers

By John Pring on 17th March 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled women ‘must be involved’ in designing solutions to ‘triple whammy’ of barriers
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Disabled women must be involved in designing solutions to the “triple whammy” of barriers they have faced during the pandemic, according to a new report by a Scottish disabled people’s organisation. Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) said disabled women had faced “particular […]

Disabled women decide ‘enough is enough’ and launch protest over pandemic deaths

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled women decide ‘enough is enough’ and launch protest over pandemic deaths
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Disabled women have begun a three-week protest to highlight “appalling” research findings that showed they were almost twice as likely to die from COVID-19 during the pandemic as non-disabled women. They said the research showed that disabled women have been treated […]

Coronavirus: Disabled women ‘facing greater risk of abuse and mental distress’

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Disabled women ‘facing greater risk of abuse and mental distress’
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Disabled women have described how the COVID-19 crisis has forced them to increase their dependence on others and has placed them more at risk of domestic abuse, while the need for social isolation has increased their levels of mental distress. Their […]

Domestic violence services even worse 10 years on, says report

By John Pring on 21st March 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Domestic violence services even worse 10 years on, says report
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Regressive government policies have disproportionately affected the ability of disabled women who have experienced violence and abuse to access the services they need, according to a new report. Shaping Our Lives (SOL), which has written the report, says some services have […]

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