WWDs also suffer overlapping barriers brought about by their intersecting
vulnerabilities as persons with disabilities and as Filipino women in
marginalized sectors. Particularly, the Inquiry documented a lack or limited
awareness of RPRH, RH rights, and VAW remedies—especially for those who
experience in the enjoyment of their reproductive health and rights.
More specifically, the Inquiry documented the following:
The persistence of barriers that limit the access of women with disabilities to
RH services, commodities, and information including VAW remedies. This
included policy, communication, mobility, and attitudinal/social barriers. The
latter included prejudice against sexual and reproductive capacities and rights
of WWDs and the lack of disability sensitivity of health service providers and
discriminatory attitude against WWDs;
are deaf, and those with psychosocial and intellectual/learning disability. It
also documented how men and family members exercise control over WWDs’
sexuality and reproductive health. It has particularly highlighted women with
disabilities’ right to love, to have a family, and to have children; for more often
than not, we heard stories of how women with disabilities have been prevented