Working to end gender-based violence in the disability community : international perspectives / Tammy Bernasky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernasky, Tammy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women with disabilities--Violence against.

Women with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Violence against.

People with disabilities.

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Women--Crimes against.

Sex discrimination against women.

Gender mainstreaming.

Physical Description:

xiii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Warwickshire, UK : Practical Action Publishing, Ltd., 2022.

Summary:

Violence and economic oppression affect women the world over, and women with disabilities face even greater risks than their counterparts. Women with disabilities experience violence and poverty in different ways and at higher rates than non-disabled women and all men. This book explores gender-based violence and disability from the vantage point of resistance movements. Emphasis is placed on giving voice to the experiences of thirteen community organizers and self-advocates working to end gender-based violence. These stories, told from Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, India, Kenya, United States, Nepal, and Yemen identify common challenges and transformative aspects of community organizing. The challenges that emerged from these stories were negative perceptions of disability, a lack of representation in disability and feminist movements, inadequately addressing intersectional oppression, structural violence, and rights, justice and policy issues. These community organizers and advocates also identified important transformative elements which they describe as seeing their experiences reflected in the work, wanting a better situation for others, a raised awareness about gender-based violence against people with disabilities, having support from the community, and improved advocacy. The book concludes with a discussion on the ways that movements to end violence can transform individual and collective consciousness about disability and gender oppression. Ultimately, in order for social movements to be ongoing and progressive, they require supporters and actors who individually and collectively recognize a common struggle, share a desire to ensure better for themselves and others, and exhibit a propensity to act.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

Definitions

Situating myself in this work

Purpose

2. Theoretical framework

Intersectionality

Material conditions of oppression

What contributes to disability oppression?

Raised consciousness

Empowered consciousness and social movement organizing

What is unique about social movements of women with disabilities?

Conclusion

3. Methodology

Methods

The participants

Analysis

4. Participant experiences

Negative perceptions about disability

Lack of representation in movements

Inadequately addressing intersectionality

Structural violence

Rights

Access to justice

Policy and government commitment challenges

5. Transformations

Education

Seeing oneself represented in the movement

Wanting a better situation for others

Raised awareness

Community organizing and support

Advocacy

6. Conclusion

Gender and disability oppression

Moving to consciousness about disability oppression

Empowerment of advocates working against gender-based violence

The path to empowerment is not linear, cyclical or parallel

So what?

Next steps

Further questions

Final reflections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-145).

ISBN:

9781788531962

1788531965

9781788531955

1788531957

OCLC:

1322810444