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Women and girls with disabilities experience double discrimination, which places them at higher risk of gender-based violence, sexual abuse, neglect, maltreatment and exploitation. The global...
17 lis 2016 · Robin Christopherson | 17 Nov 2016. Making our cities smarter and more inclusive will become increasingly important in the next decades. Current projections are that two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050, and with an ageing population comes higher levels of ill-health, impairment and disability.
Factsheet on Persons with Disabilities. Overview. Around 15 per cent of the world’s population, or estimated 1 billion people, live with disabilities. They are the world’s largest minority....
13 lis 2023 · The evidence on healthcare workforce-related barriers was evenly distributed across all types of disability, and particularly well-documented for women (22.7%) and children with disabilities (18.2%) in rehabilitation services (22.7%) and maternal care (15·2%).
The most prevalent disabling condition in women is back disorder (15.3%), followed by arthritis (13.3%), cardiovascular disease (9.7%), asthma (5.3%), orthopedic impairment of lower extremity (4.2%), mental disorders (3.3%), diabetes (3.3%), and learning disability and developmental disabilities (2.5%).
understanding, in general, of the broad range of risks to mental health to which women are disproportionately susceptible as a result of gender discrimination, violence, poverty, armed conflict...
24 sie 2016 · People with intellectual disability often have few friends and experience social exclusion. Recognising this gap, supported social groups with the aim of inclusion and interdependence were created by a supported employment provider.
