THE CHALLENGES FACED BY WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN EDUCATION

The concept of the challenges of providing education to women with disabilities is very suitable
theme and need of the hour in today’s context. About 650 million people in the world—or 10 per
cent of the world’s population— live with disabilities {Beijing Platform for Action, Chapter IV,
Strategic objectives and actions}. Women and girls with disabilities are amongst the most
downgraded and underprivileged people in the world. The women and girls with disabilities are the
victims of two-folddiscrimination as a result of being disabled and female. Disabled girls often
experience a kind of separation and misery when they are exposed to the field of education systems.
It is noted that there are many opportunities are given to the disabled girl children into the
“Mainstream” of the public education system, there is also certain drawbacks have been stated.
Women face often challenges to equality and progress due to the race, age, language, society,
culture, religion and disability. Person with disabilities are commonly underestimated simply
because they have a challenge to overcome. It has been proved that the person with disabilities can
achieve the same triumph as those who are normal. It is noticed that the women with disabilities are
three times more likely to be victims of sexual, emotional and physical abuse. The rights of persons
with disabilities Act, 2016, states that, “The appropriate Government and the local authorities shall
take measures to ensure that the women and children with disabilities enjoy their rights equally with
others”. In conclusion, the challenges can be overcome through barrier free and accessibility to
education without any discrimination on the basis of gender and disability issues. In this view, this
study will convey the right information, importance and relevance and need of education for disable
women and girls in the society.