Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: Experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Vaughan, Cathy, Devine, Alexandra, Ignacio, Raquel, Lacsamana, Wanet, Marco, Ma. Jesusa, Zayas, Jerome, Sobritchea, Carolyn
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Women with disabilities—Services for > Philippines; Women with disabilities—Philippines > Social conditions; Gender and Sexuality
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3878
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Philippines has developed a range of national laws, policies, and programmes in response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, as elsewhere, the needs and experiences of women with disabilities are rarely considered in government policies or development activities. Yet women with...