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    Inclusions and exclusions in law: experiences of women with disability in rural and war-affected areas in Sri Lanka

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    Samararatne, D.
    Soldatic, Karen
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Samararatne, D. and Soldatic, K. 2015. Inclusions and exclusions in law: experiences of women with disability in rural and war-affected areas in Sri Lanka. Disability and Society. 30 (5): pp. 759-772.
    Source Title
    Disability and Society
    DOI
    10.1080/09687599.2015.1021760
    ISSN
    0968-7599
    School
    Centre for Human Rights Education
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3064
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    © 2015. Broad and inter-disciplinary inquiry into disability is at a nascent stage in Sri Lanka. This paper looks at the intersectionality of disability and gender in the specific contexts of ‘the rural’ and the armed conflict-affected areas of the country, particularly the interaction with the law. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted among rural women with disabilities in the North Central and Eastern provinces, including women who acquired disabilities resulting from the internal conflict. Legal literacy, administrative discretion in disability-related welfare programmes, and transitional justice and reconciliation emerged as the most prominent themes in the interviews. We analyse these issues using a rights framework in an attempt to highlight some of the vulnerabilities of women with disability in the rural and war-affected contexts. The paper also reflects on a few instances where those vulnerabilities have been overcome through collective action.

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