The Shadow Pandemic: Remembering Women and Girls with Disabilities

by Kupenda

• Posted on November 25, 2020

• advocacy,  Children With Disabilities,  coronavirus,  covid,  covid-19,  disability advocacy,  disability education,  disability inclusion,  disability rights,  east africa,  education,  female empowerment,  gender disparity,  gender equality,  gender inequality,  girls with disabilities,  human rights,  inclusion,  kenya,  NGO,  non-profit,  pandemic,  people with disabilities,  UN,  united nations,  violence against women,  vulnerable people,  women with disabilities

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• Covid-19 / Disability Advocacy

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, all types of violence against women and girls, particularly those with disabilities, has intensified. This is the Shadow Pandemic growing amidst the COVID-19 crisis and we need a global collective effort to stop it. What better time to act than, today, on the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination…