Women with disabilities face many challenges. This page is dedicated to providing a variety of women’s resources. The organization below provide:
- Health information that is critically important.
- Pain management support.
- Business recognition and support.
- Empowerment resources and opportunities
- International recognition of women’s issues including specific looks at how these issues affect women with disabilities.
Suggestions for new sites to add more women’s resources to this page are always welcome.
HEALTH
[otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – Women with Disabilities Department” opened=”closed”]http://www.acog.org/About-ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Women-with-Disabilities
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists founded in 1951 is a 501(c)(6) organization. The specialty’s premier professional membership organization with more than 57,000 members dedicated to the improvement of women’s health.
Its activities include producing the College’s practice guidelines and other educational material.
This page has four subpages with resources to educate your doctor and yourself to the special needs of women with disabilities.
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http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/women.html
Center for Disease Control and Prevention the nation’s health protection agency. It works to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S.
Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack. The CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens. To accomplish our mission, the CDC conducts critical science and provides health information. We protect our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.
This specific page provide information on the medical needs of women with disabilities. Other pages include more disability related info.
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https://www.bcm.edu/research/centers/research-on-women-with-disabilities/
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston is recognized as a premier health sciences university known for excellence in education, research and patient care.
The Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, CROWD, is a specialized group. It seeks to promote, develop, and disseminate information to improve the health and expand the life choices of women with disabilities.
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http://www.forgrace.org
For Grace, founded in 2002 seeks to increase awareness and promote education of the gender disparity women experience in the assessment and treatment of their pain.
We provide the foundation for women to have their pain managed effectively and without bias. Promoting self-empowerment, public awareness and legislative advocacy.
Our goal is to improve the lives of women in chronic pain with fearlessness and passion. Using a work ethic that embodies the dignity that these women, their families and caregivers rightfully deserve.
[/otw_shortcode_content_toggle] [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Office on Women’s Health – OWH” opened=”closed”]https://www.womenshealth.gov/
The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) was established in 1991 within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). OWH coordinates women’s health efforts across HHS. We address critical women’s health issues internally by informing and advancing policies,. Externally, we educating health care professionals and consumers, and support model programs.
OWH achieves its mission through a wide range of programs and activities. The Office also leads several groups and committees coordinating efforts for women’s health within HHS and other federal agencies.
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[otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Ladies Who Launch: Business Women’s Resources” opened=”closed”]There are two organizations using the Ladies Who Launch name. Both websites promote the empowerment of women in business. It appears that they independently happened to come upon the same name.
http://www.ladieswholaunch.com/
Ladies Who Launch provides inspiration and advice to women entrepreneurs. Helping each other with our challenges and promote our success.
They received little attention for their challenges and success. Victoria and her team of leaders decided to change that. Togetheer they built a network of more than 100,000 women in business. This brand reaches millions through free events, workshops, expert advice and books.
The campaign celebrates women in all that they do, with the simple aim of empowering the next generation of strong and fearless women and providing inspiration for women all over the world.
https://www.ladies-who-launch.com
Ladies-who-Launch aims to share simple interviews with women of any age and in any profession all answering simple questions about what they do every day. This is all about having a forum to share our own paths through life, and showcasing different routes to fulfilment in order to instil in other women confidence about their own potential. I have a genuine desire to champion and support female success in every way and this site is hopefully the beginning of something really great.
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http://nwwdef.org/
Our purpose is to create resources and events that honor and celebrate the body, mind, and soul of women with disabilities, while providing information and education that focus on all aspects of a woman’s being from a disability justice perspective
To create a sacred and respectful space where ALL women with disabilities (including women from marginalized communities) gather with the purpose of generating, creating and sharing energy of empowerment and hope while focusing on the physical, emotional and intellectual aspects of women’s health and well-being in the context of disability.
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INTERNATIONAL
[otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”International Network of Women with Disabilities – INWWD” opened=”closed”]https://inwwd.wordpress.com/
The International Network of Women with Disabilities (INWWD) is a group of international, regional, national or local organizations, groups or networks of women with disabilities, as well as individual women with disabilities and allied women.
The mission of the INWWD is to enable women with disabilities to share our knowledge and experience. We enhance our capacity to speak up for our rights, empower ourselves to bring about positive change and inclusion in our communities. Promoting our involvement in relevant politics at all levels with a goal of creating a more just and fair world. This includes acknowledging disability and gender, justice, and human rights.
We are a group for women only. We invite ALL women with disabilities to join us and we will achieve these goals TOGETHER.
[/otw_shortcode_content_toggle] [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”UN’s Women Watch: Features on Women with Disabilities” opened=”closed”]http://www.un.org/womenwatch/enable/index.htmlThis page focuses on Women with Disabilities. These features are part of Womenwatch. (https://womenwatch.unwomen.org/) Which is the central gateway for women’s news, events, information and resources at the United Nations.
All these are a part of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women www.unwomen.org ). Who coordinates with the United Nations Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies, and academic and research institutions on women’s resources, issues and information.
Focusing on activites promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system. This joint UN project created in March 1997 provide an internet space for global gender equality issues. It also supports implementation of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action.
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