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Disability, Feminism, and Bodily Autonomy
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Janie Mejias, the U.S. Organizer for Women Enabled International (WEI), discusses her advocacy work for the rights of women with disabilities, the intersectionality of feminism and disability, and WEI’s mission & resources.
This episode was made possible thanks to a generous grant from The New York Bar Foundation.
**Show Notes**
- Women Enabled International: https://womenenabled.org/
- U.S. Gender and Disability Justice Alliance https://womenenabled.org/alliance/
- Generation Equality Forum and Inclusive Generation Equality Collective: https://womenenabled.org/impact/#generationEquality
- accountABILITY Toolkit: Using the Inter-American Human Rights System to Advance the Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities : https://womenenabled.org/reports/using-the-inter-american-human-rights-system-to-advance-the-rights-of-women-and-girls-with-disabilities/
- Summary of proposed new rule to Section 504: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/09/07/hhs-issues-new-proposed-rule-to-strengthen-prohibitions-against-discrimination-on-basis-of-disability-in-health-care-and-human-services-programs.html
- 10 Principles of Disability Justice: https://www.sinsinvalid.org/blog/10-principles-of-disability-justice
- Sins Invalid, creator of the Disability Justice framework: https://www.sinsinvalid.org/
- More about Janie Mejias: https://womenenabled.org/teams/janie-mejias/
- Email Janie Mejias at j.mejias@Womenenabled.org
Follow Women Enabled International!
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WomenEnabled.org
- Twitter (@womenenabled): https://twitter.com/womenenabled
- Instagram (@womenenabled): https://www.instagram.com/womenenabled/
- U.S. Gender and Disability Justice Alliance Facebook https://www.facebook.com/USGDJA
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