Feminist Practices to Integrate Women and Girls with Disabilities in Humanitarian Response

Humanitarian crises come in many different forms, and have a deep impact on everyone affected, but it’s clear that women and girls with disabilities have unique needs in these situations that are not being met and make them more vulnerable to further exploitation and abuse.

According to a UNFPA Report: “Persons with disabilities are three times more likely to experience physical violence, sexual violence, and emotional violence than persons without disabilities. Women with disabilities in particular are up to 10 times more likely to experience sexual violence. Boys and men with disabilities are twice as likely as boys and men without disabilities to be sexually abused in their lifetime. In fact, estimates suggest that 40 percent to 68 percent of young women with disabilities will experience sexual violence before the age of 18.”

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