Negation of the Right of Women with Disabilities in Palestine to Marry: Cultural Considerations for Disability.
The right to marriage, family, and parenthood is embodied in Article 23 of the Convention on the Rights of Person's with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to explore the access to marriage for women with physical disabilities in Palestine. Seventeen women who acquired their disability befo...
| Publicado en: | Sexuality & Disability Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 559 - 571 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2019
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