16 Days 16 Tweets: Day 11, Gender and Disability

Overview and links to resources on gender and disability. http://bit.ly/1aAV0ns Also see: http://bit.ly/1aAV32A #nosgbv

India early signatory of Convention on Rights of Persons w Disabilities, 2006. PPT: http://bit.ly/kza1U1 http://bit.ly/1aAVud1 #nosgbv

The gendered experience of disability: http://bit.ly/1aAVIRF #nosgbv

WomenWatch resource page on women and disability. http://bit.ly/jomg1H #nosgbv

@CREA_CREAWORLD & @povmumbai created this resource on the premise that disabled women are sexual beings too. http://bit.ly/1aAZhr1 #nosgbv

Women with disabilities are vulnerable to many kinds of violence: http://bit.ly/1aAVRo7 #nosgbv

Violence faced by women w disabilities: http://bit.ly/18DwHed http://bit.ly/18DwJD0http://bit.ly/18DwHef http://bit.ly/18DwJD1 #nosgbv

A 2012 UN study on VAW and disability: http://bit.ly/1aAVM3C #nosgbv

Female, disabled, battered: violence by partners and caregivers: http://bit.ly/1aAW0rt #nosgbv

Disabled women live with violence perpetrated by institutions “for their own good.” http://bit.ly/18Dxdcb #nosgbv

A Mumbai-based empirical study on violence against women with disability: http://bit.ly/18Dytfn#nosgbv

“hate crimes, sexual violence & abuse... more ...when ...LGBT & disabled.” (http://bit.ly/18DAAjj ) Not much other info. Why? #nosgbv

@TheSVRI’s resource page on Sexual Violence against People with Disabilities : http://bit.ly/18DABnB #nosgbv

@InfoChange articles on violence agst women w disabilities: http://bit.ly/18DAIPOhttp://bit.ly/18DAIPP http://bit.ly/18DAHM2 #nosgbv

Violence agst women w developmental & other disabilities, impact, policy: http://bit.ly/18DAQyU US context, but useful. #nosgbv

Has the Indian women’s movement paid enough attention to women with disabilities? http://bit.ly/18DASXC #nosgbv