Girls Without Barriers: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Girls and Young Women with Disabilities in Canada

Girls Without Barriers is a project led by the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada, with the objective of reporting what is known on the rights, needs, and experiences of diverse girls and young women with disabilities, and address the gaps in order to promote their full participation in girl-serving programs in Canada. Using an intersectional analysis, the report dresses a comprehensive, yet not exhaustive, picture of the systemic dynamics that erase girls and young women with disabilities from human rights framework, statistical analyses, violence-prevention programs, schooling policies and practices, etc. @DAWNCanada analyses the systemic oppressions that shape the lives of Indigenous, racialized, rural, and gender/sexual diverse girls and young women with disabilities, and those living at the intersection of multiple oppressions. This is ground-breaking work in Canada, leading a path for promoting the full participation of all girls and young women with disabilities.

The report includes the following sections

  1. Erasure or Girls with Disabilities
  2. Rights of Girls with Disabilities
  3. Violence
  4. Incarceration of Girls and Young women with Disabilities
  5. Schooling for Girls and Young Women with Disabilities
  6. Rural Areas: Focus on Indigenous Girls and Young Women with Disabilities
  7. Sexualities and Reproductive Rights
  8. Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
  9. Self-Esteem and Body-Image
  10. Invisible disabilities
  11. Accessibility
  12. Recommendations for Actions

 

Read the full report here: https://dawncanada.net/media/uploads/page_data/page-64/girls_without_barriers.pdf