"Women and girls with disabilities find themselves constantly having to deal with multiple, intersectional discrimination due to both their gender and their disability, as well as social conditioning. Indeed, the intersection made up of factors such as race, ethnic origin, social background, cultural substrate, age, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, gender, disability, status as refugee or migrant and others besides, has a multiplying effect that increases discrimination yet further. Where conditions are equal, women with disabilities do not enjoy equal opportunities in terms of their participation in all aspects of society; rather, they are all too often excluded, amongst others from education, employment, access to poverty reduction programmes, from taking part in political and public lives and, moreover, some legislative deeds actually prevent them from making decisions regarding their own lives, also as regards sexual and reproductive rights. History, attitudes and prejudices of the societies to which we belong, including of families, have created and continue to feed into a negative stereotypical image of women and girls with disabilities, thereby helping further isolate and marginalise them yet more. Very often, they are also ignored by information media and, when they do gain media attention, the approach tends to considers them from the perspective of medical-assistance needs, silencing their abilities and valuable contribution to the society in which they live. The book seeks to pay theright attention to the condition of women with disabilities, offering points for reflection, also on the different, often invisible, cultural and social undertones that continue today to feed into prejudicial stereotypes"--
Author(s): Anna Siri, Cinzia Leone, Rita Bencivenga, Darja Zaviršek, Sonja Bezjak
Series: Disability and the Disabled - Issues, Laws and Programs
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 311
City: New York
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Disability and Health
Chapter 1
Concepts of Disability and Health: A Theoretical Excursus
Abstract
Introduction
The Evolution of Theoretical Models of Disability
The Model of Charity or Moral Model: The Disability to Be Protected
Religious/Moral Model of Disability
The Individual or Medical Model: Disability as a Disease
The Social Model: Disability as a Socially Constructed Phenomenon
Some Variants of the Social Model: The Identity Model and the Human Rights Model
The Human Development Model-Disability Creation Process (HDM-DCP or MDH-PPH in French language): A Model That Does Not Place the Responsibility of Disability on the Person
The Cultural Model: Disability as Culture
The Model of Limits: Limits as a Common Aspect of the Human Being
Other Models of Economic, Organisational and Welfare Nature
The Biopsychosocial Model: An Holistic Approach
The Social-Oriented Recovery Vision for Mental Illness
Conclusion
References
Chapter 2
The Universal Nature of Disability
Abstract
Introduction
Concepts of Functioning and Disability
The Cultural Revolution of the IFC Model
Conclusion and Perspectives
References
Chapter 3
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by, for and with Persons with Disabilities
Abstract
Introduction
Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities
Mainstreaming Disability into Sustainable Development Goals
Practical Implication
References
Some Final Reflections
Part II. Women and Disability
Chapter 4
An Historical Introduction to Engendered Disability. An International Point of View
Abstract
Introduction
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The European Context
Conclusion
Cross References
References
Chapter 5
Notes on Intersectional Approach and Feminist Disability Studies. An Historical Excursus
Abstract
Introduction
Intersectionality
Feminist Disability Studies – Notes
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6
Does Everybody Count? The Case of Women with Disabilities
Abstract
Disability Is Not a Gender-Neutral Condition
The Disability and Gender-Related Global Indicator Framework for Sustainable Development Goals
Current Approaches to Data Collection on Disability and Gender-Related Condition
Conclusion
References
Resources for Information and Data by International Organizations in the Area of Disability and Gender-Related Statistics
Some Final Reflections
Part III. Women, Disability and Culture
Chapter 7
Non Disabled Researchers and Disability Studies
Abstract
Introduction
From the Social Model of Disability to Contemporary Approaches
The Emancipatory Paradigm Emerges from the Social Model of Disability
Can Non-Disabled Researchers Play a Role in Disability Research?
Feminist Scholars in Disability Studies
Gender and Feminist Studies, Disability Research: New Alliances
The Fluidity and Impredictability of Impairment and Disability
Promoting Inclusion through Structural Change
Towards Disability Inclusion Plans?
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 8
Women with Disabilities: A Cultural Heritage? Disability, Gender and Culture: An Italian Approach
Abstract
Introduction
The Italian Cultural Paradigm
Notes on Italian Literature and Disability
Disability, Culture and Sociological Approach
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9
Women with Disabilities Living in Rural Areas and Facing Violence: An Intersectional Perspective
Abstract
Introduction
Demographic Data on Women with Disabilities
Rurality as an Analytical Category
Access to Services for Rural Women Victims of Domestic Violence
Cultural Barriers in Disclosing the Violence in Rural Areas
Disability, Gender and Rurality in Governmental Action Programmes
Conclusion
References
Appendix: Tables
Chapter 10
Mothering as a Human Rights Issue of Women with Disabilities in Current Post-Socialist Social Context
Abstract
Introduction
The Right of People with Disabilities to Intimate Decisions in Post-Socialist Contexts
Resistance to Deinstitutionalisation in Post-Socialist Countries: The Case of Slovenia
Institutionalisation
Community-Based Services
Prejudices against Mothering of Women with Disabilities
The Mothering Experiences of Women with Disabilities in Slovenia
Mothers with Physical and Sensory Impairments
Women with Intellectual Disabilities
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Conclusion
References
About the Authors
Index
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