Why It Is Hard For Disabled Women, Queer Persons To Leave Abusive Partners
Bengaluru: Reema*, 32, has been married for about five years but the man she thought would be her life partner has turned out to be a …
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Trans Persons With Disabilities Lack Enabling Social Systems and Healthcare Support
Mumbai: India has laws and support systems for both transgender persons and people with disabilities, but none for those who are both identities – trans persons …
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Desire, Sexuality And Choice: Disabled Indian Women And Queer Persons On Their Experiences
Bengaluru: When they were 18, Nu, a non-binary person with physical and speech disabilities, recalls apologising often to their dates: “I’m sorry I walk with a …
Women With Disabilities Have To Constantly Negotiate Between Isolation And Intrusion
Mumbai: Barely a month before her 12th grade board exams, Kavya Mukhija (now 23) had to take a week’s sick leave from school. She had contracted …
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Tangled In Red Tape, The Disability ID Card Process Is Steeped With Gender Barriers
Mumbai: Khushi, 18, was elated to get admission to her dream Delhi University college to study English literature. Then, the teen, who was diagnosed with a …
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Who Gets To Be A Mother? How Disabled Women Are Absent In The Idea of motherhood
Mumbai: A few weeks ago, Hera* and her toddler stared at the wall in awe. The light that gleamed through the broken glass pieces of the …
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‘How will you manage?’ How Disabled Women Are Forced Into Surgical Procedures
Bangalore: Nearly a decade ago, Smitha*, who lives with cerebral palsy, underwent a surgery to remove fibroids from her uterus. The doctors, at the time, asked …
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India’s Laws Fail To Uphold Abortion Rights Of Women With Disabilities
Mumbai: Arpita Roy Sengupta was 22 years old when her parents, much against her wishes, arranged her marriage in 2007 with Alok*, a deaf person like her. …
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Women With Disabilities Invisibile In Covid Policy Responses
“My bhabhi is pregnant but has no place to deliver. We are scared of catching Covid. We’re still facing the (basic) challenges. The biggest challenge for …
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