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 56

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