Day 9: Gender based violence and disability

Today, on the International Day of People with Disability, we highlight a new fact sheet from the Australian Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC). This “Fact Sheet on Gender Based Violence and Disability” was created with the participation of ADDC members and partners including IWDA.

Women with disabilities often face double discrimination on the grounds of both their gender and impairment(s), and challenges and barriers such as poverty and gender based violence can be magnified for women with disabilities. Violence against women can also be a significant cause of preventable disability in the first place.

In collaboration with partners including Banteay Srei in Cambodia, IWDA has also helped to develop a two-year participatory research project called Triple Jeopardy. This project investigates the multiple disadvantages experienced by Cambodian women with disabilities. The project has so far supported field researchers to receive specialist training to interview women on sensitive issues including violence against women. The field researchers have completed 221 surveys and 15 in-depth interviews with women who have experienced violence plus a number of focus groups and key informant interviews.

IWDA Overseas Program Manager for Cambodia Kathy Oliver has recently visited Cambodia and spoken with one of the field researchers about her experiences interviewing women for this project. This interview will be posted on the website in the next few days and will offer a firsthand perspective of the work that the Triple Jeopardy project is undertaking. Follow IWDA on Twitter or Facebook to be alerted when the interview becomes available.

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The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership in 1991. For each of the 16 Days from 25 November to 10 December 2011, the IWDA website will be featuring a different piece to highlight the work of our partners and explore ways that IWDA supporters can take part in the effort to end gender-based violence.

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 under 16_Days, Cambodia, Front page.