absence of specific policies and programs directed towards the reproductive
health of women with disabilities, absence of data, and very limited good
practices. There is also a limited and uneven capacity of health service
providers to handle women with disabilities.
from doing so—an affront to their autonomy and self-determination.
WWDs also suffer the same economic, socio-cultural, and political barriers to
RH access experienced by many Filipino women, especially those in poverty
and in geographically inaccessible and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) or other
situations of vulnerability.
In terms of government responses to women with disabilities and the barriers
experienced by health service providers, the Inquiry documented an obvious
lack of disability-inclusiveness in the implementation of the responsible
parenthood and reproductive health law (RPRH Law). There is a marked