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Disabled women were made to feel abandoned, unworthy and disposable by the government’s failure to take their lives into consideration when making decisions and drawing up national policies during the pandemic, according to a new report. The report found that the […]
Black disabled people must organise a protest to draw attention to their continuing “invisibility” and the multi-layered discrimination they face, according to a leading disabled black activist. Julie Jaye Charles spoke out this week in the wake of mass protests across […]
Campaigners are pushing the government to make key changes to its domestic violence bill so that it provides disabled people with “crucial” new protections from abusive carers and care workers, and new social security rights for survivors of abuse. They are […]
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 […]
Disabled people’s organisations have called on charities that are not user-led to “move over and stop taking our space”. The calls came during the Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) national conference, which had been due to take place in Manchester, but […]
Political parties are set to be told to promise an end to austerity, a legal right to independent living and an immediate end to universal credit, if they want disabled people’s support at the next general election. The Reclaiming Our Futures […]
Disabled activists have welcomed Labour’s promise to scrap universal credit (UC) if it wins power at the next general election as a victory for years of campaigning. But they have warned the party that they still want to know how UC […]
Activists have told a UN committee how the UK government is failing to address the significant barriers and human rights violations faced by disabled women in accessing social security, justice, jobs and health services. Eleanor Lisney and Rachel O’Brien, from the […]
A disabled women’s collective hopes that a “ground-breaking” new memorial fund will empower disabled women by paying the costs of attending events they would otherwise not be able to visit. The memorial fund* is being set up by Sisters of Frida […]
Disabled activists have celebrated this week’s 100-year anniversary of women gaining the right to vote but have warned that disabled women are still facing breaches of their rights in all areas of life. On Tuesday (6 February), there were public celebrations […]