Disabled Women and Poverty

[ Event Description ]

About the Event

Social Media Campaign

After our Disabled Women & Poverty Event, we then ran a social media campaign where we shared some of the gathered insights. On the day, we asked participants 6 questions about the costs of disability and the challenges in accessing employment and social protection. Each of our social posts focused on one of these questions.

  1. What kind of costs do disabled women, girls and non-binary people face that non-disabled people do not?

  2. How do the extra costs of disability affect participation in all aspects of your life?

  3. What could be done to make life more affordable for disabled women, girls and non-binary people?

  4. What makes it more difficult for disabled women, girls and non-binary people to earn money?

  5. What makes it more difficult for disabled women, girls and non-binary people to get social welfare?

  6. What would help disabled women, girls and non-binary people get social welfare, earn money and/or find and keep a good job?

Art produced at the disabled women and poverty event:

Art made at the event

Poems by Alice Doyle (The Autistic Poetess)

“Breaking Silence”

“Eradicating Poverty”

Project report

You can find a link to our project report here once it is published!

Additional Materials/ INFO

  • Powerpoint slides used at the event

  • “Know Before You Go” Guide for the event

  • About the organisers

    • Disability Participation News Hub: An independent, disabled-led non-profit in Ireland that brings together disability advocacy news, resources, and opportunities for engagement so Disabled People, their organisations, families, and allies can access information, participate in decision-making, and drive change. Grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the organisation focuses on sharing information, raising awareness of rights, and promoting the active involvement of disabled people and their representative organisations in policy and public life.

    • Disabled Women Ireland: The is the national representative organisation for self-identified women, girls and non-binary/genderqueer/gender non-conforming people with disabilities in Ireland. It is a disabled persons’ organisation (DPO), meaning we are run and led by disabled people themselves. DWI works across all types of impairments and intersecting identities to promote participation, advocate on policy and rights issues, and build a network of disabled women and gender-diverse people for social, political, economic and cultural inclusion. Our approach is intersectional and grounded in rights-based advocacy