Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 60
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- Persons with physical disabilities may be more dependent on attendant care and more dependent on the abuser, physically, emotionally or financially, for care than other groups (see A/61/122/Add.1 and Corr.1). In addition, persons with disabilities are traditionally and incorrectly seen by society to be asexual. This can lead to greater levels of sexual violence as they are less likely to be believed when they report such violations. Some women with disabilities may be unable to defend themselves, lack access to self-defence training or be unable to physically flee the site of violence. They may therefore become particularly "easy" targets for perpetrators of violence.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 60
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