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  • Title: Violence and exploitation against women and girls with disability.
    Author: Rosen DB.
    Journal: Ann N Y Acad Sci; 2006 Nov; 1087():170-7. PubMed ID: 17189505.
    Abstract:
    This article seeks to explore issues concerning women and girls with disability who have experienced violence and exploitation. Owing to different methodologies of data collection, it is difficult to precisely determine the exact number of women and girls who are affected. The literature suggests that violence and exploitation against women and girls with disability occur at a rate 50% higher than in the rest of society. It also points out a number of additional critical issues: professionals are uneducated nd insensitive to the needs of these populations; increasing numbers of women and girls living with disability exacerbate the problem; women and girls with disability are uneducated about their rights and responsibilities; and action must be taken to halt this epidemic.
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