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doa cashland a university graduate and

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disability rights activist living in

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gaza quotes

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the situation is already dire you see

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how people in gaza suffer people with

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disabilities suffer double

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we conducted a literature review with

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two primary questions in mind we wanted

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to focus on how disabled women are

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viewed and treated within palestinian

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culture in contrast to disabled men and

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how the stars of palestine organization

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provide support and assistance to these

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women the prevalence of war in the gaza

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strip region until recently produced

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mass disabling in forms of physical

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hearing and vision impairment war-torn

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healthcare establishments are

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overwhelmed with demand leaving

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infrastructures which contribute to the

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increasing level of impairment of newly

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disabled individuals

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in our research most of the profound

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data was qualitative due to the social

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impact that the suppression of disabled

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women creates there was an increasingly

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obvious disparity between how disabled

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men and women were treated no matter the

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disability men were considered war

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heroes while women were conceived as

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losing their value

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under islamic law and culture women's

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ability to take care of their children

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and husband is a large part of their

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social status and self-worth this poses

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a problem as disabled women's rights to

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marry are stripped from them and they

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are not offered other options to gain

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status

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our chosen organization stars of hope is

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one of the only programs dedicated to

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aid and represent female palestinian

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citizens with disability they focus on

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spreading awareness of the inequalities

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these women face and also advocate for

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policy changes that would help protect

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human rights

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these efforts are done through

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conferences and partnerships with un

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organizations along with publications on

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social media to keep the global world up

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to date on what events are taking place

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a primary theme found in our research

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was the lack of current data and

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academic texts surrounding palestinian

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disability outdated research made it

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difficult to produce current findings

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using any degree of qualitative or

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quantitative form

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due to the conflicts present in this

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region the preservation of international

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human rights is often overlooked the

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cultural standards for women and

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perspectives on disability impacts these

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women more than their actual disability

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more support and reform

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is needed in order to ensure ensure

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equity and representation for disabled

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palestinian women