This paper which was presented at the 20th World Congress of Rehabilitation International in Oslo in June 2004, is the first part of a three year study on violence and abuse against women with physical disabilities financed by the Foundation for Health an Rehabilitation. The main contributions of this paper are, first, an attempt to… Les mer »
Intersectionality, Power relations and Abuse of Women with Physical Disabilities
This paper which was presented at the 13th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma at San Diego on September 15-17 2008 illustrates the usefulness of the theoretical perspective of intersectionality in analyzing power relations in abusive situations with regard to women with physical disabilities. In part one of this paper, I introduce the concept… Les mer »
Multiple and Repeat Victimization of Women with Physical Disabilities
The main topics of this paper which was presented at the 11th European Conference on Traumatic Stress (ECOTS) in Oslo on June 15-17 2009 are to explore the concepts of multiple and repeat victimization with regard to violence suffered by women with physical disabilities; and to understand why some groups of people are victimized more… Les mer »