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Disability and Gender: The Case of the Philippines

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  • Aubrey Tabuga
  • Christian Mina

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Addressing gender gaps is a major development objective anywhere in the world. This paper aims to illustrate that this is far more critical in the presence of another social layer –disability. Among persons with disability (PWDs), the gap between men and women are more distinct, their conditions more dismal with poverty as their needs are different. Apart from poverty, discrimination and prejudice are the major challenges that persons with disabilities face in their everyday life. Because they face various social, physical and economic barriers, policies should gear towards formulating rights-based and comprehensive actions to improve their well-being. In formulation of effective policy actions, data and information are critical. However, data collection on disability in many countries is at an early stage of development because it is given low priority or often excluded from official statistics. The ESCAP noted that the lack of availability and the quality of demographic and socio-economic indicators concerning disability continue to be major challenges. This paper aims to fill in this information gap. It discusses the conditions of men and women with disability using a set of pioneering surveys conducted in the Philippines. The goal is to illustrate the gender disparities and to draw useful insights on how stakeholders can address this issue.

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  • Aubrey Tabuga & Christian Mina, 2013. "Disability and Gender: The Case of the Philippines," Working Papers id:5336, eSocialSciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:5336
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    1. Tabuga, Aubrey D., 2010. "Factors Motivating Participation of Persons with Disability in the Philippines: The Discount Privilege in Goods and Services," Discussion Papers DP 2010-28, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    2. Mina, Christian D., 2010. "Employment Choices of Persons with Disability (PWDs) in Metro Manila," Discussion Papers DP 2010-29, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    3. Tabuga, Aubrey D. & Mina, Christian D. & Reyes, Celia M. & Asis, Ronina D. & Datu, Maria Blesila G., 2011. "Persons with Disability (PWDs) in Rural Philippines: Results from the 2010 Field Survey in Rosario, Batangas," Discussion Papers DP 2011-06, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
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    2. Christelle Juin Reduta Ancha, 2022. "Gender and Disability: The Experiences of Microaggressions Against Women with Disabilities in the Philippines," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(6), pages 2688-2707, December.

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