360° VR Video ♿Violence against Disable Women
🇧🇩 May 2017
🚺SRHR-D by Syeda Samara Mortada
Channel: The TRENDING InfoTainment
Date: 03/05/2017

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Analysis of Violence against Disabled Women, and the need for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Awareness
 
PROJECT SRHR-D
AUTHOR: Syeda Samara Mortada
Advocacy and Communications Coordinator, SNV Netherlands
Volunteer, Global Platform Bangladesh, Action Aid

OBJECTIVE
To raise awareness on the importance of SRHR for the disabled, among the masses as well as government entities, and advocate for equal rights, especially of disabled women

NAMES THEY ARE CALLED BY:
Unattractive
A-sexual
Hyper-sexual
Bechara/Bechari
Burden
Education ! Why ?
You need to get married ?

BUT THEY ARE:
Attractive
Sexual
Human
Proper Infrastructure
Equal
Access to Opportunities, education, Financial inclusion, SRHR 
                                                                                                         
KEY FINDING 1:
When it comes to the disabled, studies show persons with disabilities have 130% more chance of being a victim of violence, mostly domestic violence and sexual violence, than persons without disabilities
 
KEY FINDING 2:
Disabled women are twice more likely to experience gender-based violence than non-disabled women, yet are less likely to seek help

TYPES OF DISABILITY:
Disability Information
Cognitive
Hearing Loss and Deafness
Invisible Disabilities
Mobility Impairments
Psychological Disorders
Spinal Cord Injury
Vision Disability

DISABLED PEOPLE ARE USUALLY ABUSED BY:
Family Members (or someone they know
Health care providers (more so in case of women)

EFFECTS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE:
Not seeking for help, not calling out
Lack of confidence, self respect
To internalize violence and feel that they “deserved” it

RECOMMENDATIONS:
-Changing mindsets through working with disabled people and their families, government, media, and other relevant stakeholders
-Participation and inclusion of disabled people in every sphere of life
-Treating disabled people like “normal” people with SRHR and needs
-Capacity development of families, institutions, organizations to address SRHR of disabled people

Case Study
Shetu , is a 25 year old single woman with a hearing difficulty. Shetu is an educated individual, working in a well-known international organization who loves applying henna and painting during her leisure time. When asked about SRHR and its need for the disabled community, Shetu said that she has never heard of the term “SRHR”. She is aware that early marriage can have lethal consequences for women-both physically and mentally, and she is not aware of the minimum age required for a girl to get married, or the new policies that have been passed. Shetu says that she will let her mother decide on when is the right time for her to get married, but when it comes to having a child, she says it is solely going to be her decision. When asked what she would do if she has an (unwanted) pregnancy, Shetu could not reply as she is not aware of sexual reproductive health services and birth control measures. We went on to ask her if she was aware of any place from where she could get acquainted on her bodily rights and services, being a member of the disabled community or if the existing sexual reproductive health service centers have people who know sign language. The answer to both these questions was in the negative. To add to her existing everyday troubles, Shetu has to face sexual harassment on a daily basis. What upsets her further is that she is not able to raise her voice against it no matter how much she wants to. Also, she does not know of any medium that would allow her to file a complaint against the ongoing sexual harassment she faces.