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She received the Role Model Award from the Office of the Disability Commissioner, Government of West Bengal. She has been felicitated by the Telegraph, Friends FM and other groups. She is the main protagonist of landmark judgment (Jeeja Ghosh & anr. Vs SpiceJet & ors.) of the Supreme Court of India for equal rights of persons with disabilities.
The number of people with disabilities in India was stated as 21 million in the 2001 Census of India. [2] In the 2011 census, the figure rose by 22.4% to 26.8 million. [3] According to the 2011 census, 20.3% of people with disabilities in India have movement disabilities, 18.9% have hearing impairments, and 18.8% have visual impairments.
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The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 is a disability law passed by the Parliament of India to fulfill its obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by India in 2007. The Act replaces the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full ...
In addition, researching the health issues of women with disabilities is also understudied. [8] Starting in the early 2000s, health issues for people with disabilities began to be studied in the United States. [9] The first long-term study involving the experiences of women with disabilities and gynecological services was not published until ...
According to the 2011 Census of India, 2.21 per cent of the population or approximately 26.8 million Indians have a disability.The target is to make at least fifty percent government buildings accessible to disabled people under the campaign in each of the state capital and central capital till end of May 2018 and make 25 per cent of the public transport vehicles under government as disabled ...
Nidhi Goyal (born 21 September 1985) is an Indian disability and gender rights activist who has been appointed to the UN Women Executive Director's advisory group. [1] [2] Goyal is the founder and executive director of Mumbai-based NGO Rising Flame [3] [4] and works in the areas of sexuality, gender, health and rights for women and girls with disabilities. [5]
Disabled women, particularly those with intellectual disabilities, are more likely to be pressured or coerced into forced sterilizations. [14] On numerous occasions, disabled women have also been denied access to public spaces, or have been harassed for their presence in these spaces. Similar cases have been reported in India. [15] [16]