Women with Disabilities

General situation of Women with Disabilities in the Asia-Pacific Region

How DPI Works for the issue of Women with Disabilities

• 1. Empowerment and awareness through Regional Training (For each country's program for WWD issue, please go to each country's profile)
• 2. Assure gender equality in decision-making and programs
• 3. Dispatch seminars related to women's issues

Please click here to know our activities on WWD in the past

In the BMF

International Agencies' programs for WWD

International non-governmental agencies working with WWD issues

Other sectors working with WWD issues

Contact persons at DPI Asia-Pacific Region

• 1. Ms. Maulani Rotinsulu, Indonesia: Regional Council member, Gender Committee
• 2. Ms. Supattraporn Tanatikom, Project Assistant, WWD/Youth/IL Coordinator

News we received related to WWD issue.

• "Women Victims of Honor Killing" By Elham Hassan
  Jan 28, 2006 - Vol. IX Issue 03 Copyright Yemen Observer Newspaper
• "Women with Disabilities – right to abort a baby? who decides?"
  • (Thailand) "Mentally-ill women now have right to abort legally" The Nation, Feb 11, 2006
  • (Japan) Eugenic Ideology in Japan