UK Disability Forum Women's Committee

About the Women's Commitee

DISABLED =

The experience of being excluded from society because of prejudice and discrimination.
Barriers include prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory practices, from stereotyping us and labelling us as “incapable” or “dangerous”, to denying us appropriate access to information, assistance, education, employment, transport and the environment.
Disabled people can have physical or sensory impairments, and/or learning difficulties, and/or be users or survivors of the mental health system.
We are a diverse community, united by our experience of oppression.

FEMINIST = advocacy of women's rights, or of the movement for the advancement and emancipation of women.

We are disabled feminists because:

We support a woman's right to make an informed choice, rather than being "counselled" automatically to take tests and then abort potentially disabled foetuses, weeks after a choice about whether or not to proceed with a pregnancy has already been made . . .

We are still fighting for the right to have and keep our children . . .
We have to fight to be seen as women at all, rather than as being seen as genderless and asexual . . .
We are also Black women, Jewish women, lesbians, older women, younger women, working-class women, mothers, daughters, sisters . . .

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Women's Committee, contact us!

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Write to

Anne Pridmore,
Chair,
Women's Committee,
UK Disability Forum for European Affairs,
87, King Harold's Way,
Bexleyheath DA7 5RE.

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