Did You Know...

• Disabled women are twice as likely to be sexually assulted.
• Disabled women are more likely to be the victims of abuse.
• Support and services for disabled mothers are almost totally inaccessible or do not exist.
• Women's services are often inaccessible to women with disabilities.
• Many doctors have difficulty dealing with women who are both pregnant and disabled.
• The unemployment rate for women with disabilities is 74%.
• The average income for a disabled woman is $8,360.
• Women with disabilities are the poorest of the poor around the world.
• There are few educational opportunities for disabled girls. When there are opportunities for education, in special schools, boys usually receive them (more applicable in developing countries).  
• The unemployment rate for disabled women in developing countries is virtually 100%.
• Women with disabilities experience a high incidence of abuse--physical, emotional and sexual. Since most disabled women are hidden away in homes, this often happens within the family.
• Many women are disabled due to the practice of female circumcision and infibulation in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Women are disabled with urinary and gynecological infections, fistulas that prevent walking and through trauma induced by the procedure.
  Can you see how disabled women face even more oppression and discrimination than a "normal" or non disabled woman?