Women with Disabilities as Agents of Peace, Change and Rights: Experiences from Sri Lanka

ISBN-13: 9781138085244 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 108 str.

Karen Dr Soldatic; Dinesha Dr Samararatne

Opis

Drawing on rich empirical work emerging from core conflict regions within the island nation of Sri Lanka, this book illustrates the critical role that women with disabilities play in post-armed conflict rebuilding and development.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Out of the shadows: Women with disabilities as agents of peace, justice and reparations in Sri Lanka.  2. Going beyond disability identity and creating communities of belonging: Perception management and gendered disability advocacy.  3. Music, resistance and change: The gendered-disability performativity of a Tamil woman with multiple disabilities.  4. Raging (e)motions.  5. Women with disabilities, advocacy and the law.  6. Learning about rights, claiming a gendered-disability identity: The role of reparations and gendered-disability justice.  7. Conclusion and recommendations: Enabling women with disabilities’ advocacy and activism in the peace-building landscape