The type of impairment, location, cultural devaluation and ability to resist, impinge on disabled women’s experiences. They also impact the violence they face. Global Disability Watch director Shaun Grech, reports a worrying pattern of sexual violence and rape among young deaf women in some rural indigenous areas of Guatemala. Commenting on his recent publication, Disability and […]
Responding to violence against disabled women
Belinda Mason and the Silent Tears Team with introduction by Dr Karen Soldatic The World Health Organisation (WHO) suggests that 1 in every 3 women have experienced some form of violence in their lifetime. Violence against women denies their fundamental human rights, undermines their freedoms and directly impacts upon their equality of opportunity. This is in […]
Silent Tears: Violence, Gender and Disability
Belinda Mason and the Silent Tears Team with introduction by Dr Karen Soldatic The Silent Tears exhibition. Photo Copyright Belinda Mason On Friday, 18 March 2016, Silent Tears, a multimedia exhibition by world renowned Australian photographer, Belinda Mason and digital artists Dieter Knierim, Margherita Coppolino and Denise Beckwith kicks off in New York. The exhibition […]