disabilities to participate in the rights and
duties similar to their peers of female
citizens.
2
Women with disabilities are harassed more
43.2%
16.9%
12.0%
22.4%
59.5%
9.3%
3.3%
24.0%
29.5%
24.6%
12.0%
25.1%
48.6%
15.3%
12.0%
24.0%
56.9%
11.5%
10.4%
21.3%
50.1%
12.0%
6.0%
21.9%
than other women
3
Women
with
disabilities
enjoy
legal
protection similar to that for men with
disabilities
4
Doors for labor and employment are open
to women with disabilities, similar to
others.
6
Women with disabilities have the same
salary and privileges granted to others of
the same qualification and rank.
7
girls with disabilities receive the same
daily allowance received by their brothers
in the family
9
girls with disabilities receive the same
share of inheritance received by their nondisabled brothers/ sisters
In this connection, the following observations were recorded:
1. Girls and women with disabilities suffer from low literacy rate,
compared to males. According to the Department of Statistics, the
total number of enrollment from the primary stage till the PhD degree
in 2004 was 15323 males, compared to 6747 females, i.e. (30%). This
is largely due to the preference of male over females in the field of
education, which excludes the category of girls with disabilities in
particular and impede their supposed right to break into various walks
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