Emancipatory Disability Research EDR, Gaza Strip - Palestine

Author(s)

  • Sunil Deepak
  • Adriano Lostia

Reference

Emancipatory Disability Research EDR, Gaza Strip – Palestine. EducAid. 2014

Financial support

  • Commission Européenne/European Commission

Applied research areas

Thematic issues

Impairment

Geographical areas

Author's summary

EDR in the INCLUDE project to be implemented in the Gaza Strip is a structured pathway of different research initiatives to be carried out in a gradual manner during second half of 2014.
Each individual research initiative that will be part of EDR will be complete in itself and at the same time, it will be part of an overall process for promoting empowerment of women with disabilities involved in the research as researchers and rapporteurs.
The overarching objective of EDR is to promote emancipation and empowerment of women with disabilities in understanding the different barriers that surround their socio-economic autonomy and participation, in identifying practical ways and taking collective action to overcome those barriers.
The specific objectives of the EDR are the objectives of individual research initiatives identified jointly by the researchers and rapporteurs during the training course that will be carried out during 2014. The process of EDR training was planned to stimulate the participants to look at and reflect about the following areas:
- Understanding social and cultural barriers in the families and communities that limit socioeconomic participation of women with disabilities
- Understanding physical barriers that limit socio-economic participation of women with disabilities
- Understanding institutional and legal barriers that limit socio-economic participation of women with disabilities
- Sharing stories about overcoming barriers to socio-economic autonomy and analysing those stories to identify strategies
Through this training process, participants were expected to jointly identify three or more themes for conducting participatory community research.

Resource Center comment

Ce document est une recherche sur la situation des femmes handicapées dans la Bande de Gaza. Les auteurs ont mené cette recherche en étroite collaboration avec différents acteurs de terrain (association de défense des personnes handicapées, familles, personnes handicapées) via des interviews ou des focus groups sur les thèmes des relations familiales, de l’accès à l’emploi et à la santé.
Ce document est intéressant car à la fin de chaque thème abordé, les auteurs font état des différents obstacles rencontrés et émettent des recommandations aux différents acteurs du handicap (politiques, associations, familles…) pour surmonter ces obstacles.
Ce document intéressera les acteurs de terrain qui s’engagent dans les pays en voie de développement.

[ENG]
This document is a research on the female situation in Gaza Strip. The authors lead this research in close collaboration with stakeholders (association, families and people with disabilities). The authors used interviews and focus groups on the themes of families’ relationships, access to employment and health.
This document is interesting because at the end, the authors show us the different barriers and make recommendation to the different actors (politics, associations, families) to overcome the barriers.
This document is of interest to those who involving in the developing countries.

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