At the crossroads
This paper provides an overview of disability policy in Portugal, and advances an analysis of selected law and policy instruments with a focus on issues relevant to the sexual and reproductive rights of women with disabilities. The analysis demonstrates that reforms underway have so far been unable...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/alterjdr, |
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| Online Zugang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Zusammenfassung: | This paper provides an overview of disability policy in Portugal, and advances an analysis of selected law and policy instruments with a focus on issues relevant to the sexual and reproductive rights of women with disabilities. The analysis demonstrates that reforms underway have so far been unable to reverse path dependent trajectories, which erased gender-related concerns from the disability political agenda since its inception. Therefore, issues connected to disabled women’s sexual and reproductive rights remain invisible. Given that Portugal has now signed and ratified the CRPD, implementation of the Convention is expected to affect positive change in this important area of rights. |
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