Why are 20 million women worldwide still needlessly blind?

26 October 2009 in Campaign, Disability, Equality, Global, Research

Over two thirds of people in the world who are blind are women announce the development charity Sightsavers International, who was speaking out about this staggering gender bias this World Sight Day (8 October).
Today there are more than 20 million women in the world who are needlessly blind, 90% of whom live in developing countries. [...]

Include women with disabilities in maternal programmes in Uganda

1 November 2008 in Africa, Children Parenting, Disability, Health

Uganda recently joined the rest of the world to celebrate safe motherhood. There are many initiatives in Uganda geared at educating women and men in reproductive health, especially family planning methods.
However, women with disabilities and their partners have been left out of reproductive health programmes, especially family planning and HIV/AIDS. Uganda needs to carry [...]

Disabled Women in Ghana Call for Better Medical Care

27 May 2008 in Africa, Disability, Health

Article 25.1 of the Universal Declaration, to which Ghana is signatory states, “Everyone has a right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, [...]