Listen: 365 days of solidarity [PODCAST]
Rose Thamae speaks about the importance of commemorating the International Day of Disability, calling on everybody to commit to 365 days of solidarity, inclusivity and support.
Today we commemorate International Day of Disability, which also falls during the 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender violence.
It has become more widely known that women with disabilities are the most vulnerable to abuse and sexual violence, facing double the risk of being survivors of gender violence compared to their non-disabled counterparts.
Furthermore, high levels of economic disparity greatly exacerbate women’s vulnerability.
Society continues to stigmatise individuals with disabilities and fails to understand that the real ‘disability’ does not lie with an individual’s impairment, but rather the attitudes and physical barriers within society.
These barriers continue to exclude and discriminate against so many people, hindering their access to basic human rights.
Rose Thamae, gender-based violence survivor turned activist, is from Orange Farm in Gauteng. She is the founder of a community-based organisation called Let Us Grow, which provides home-based care and support to people living with HIV, survivors of GBV, people with disabilities and living in poverty.
Listen to Thamae speak about the importance of commemorating the International Day of Disability in the podcast below, calling on everybody to commit to 365 days of solidarity, inclusivity and support.
