Women With Disabilities in Lebanon: From Marginalization to Resistance

This article explores the intersections of gender and disability in Lebanon, with a particular focus on education and employment. On the basis of a recent study on education and employment in Bekaa, a rural region of Lebanon, as well as practice experience, the authors highlight the main findings and discuss the role of social work in addressing the marginalization of women with disabilities. Throughout the discussion, the authors adopt a feminist critical-disability theoretical perspective that steers clear of conceptions of women with disabilities as passive victims of oppressive social conditions. The article ends with two examples of grassroots activist efforts to address the marginalization of women with disabilities.

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