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Article: Cartoon illustrates ordeals for disabled women.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- January 14, 2006
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SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- What if a woman has to share her washroom with men, is unable to go out on a date or progress beyond primary school? These somewhat anachronistic questions are an everyday headache for many disabled women, a cartoon book suggests. Kim Seong-yun, 30, who has spinal scoliosis and works as a counselor for other physically handicapped women, created the cartoon book that depicts examples of the kind of prejudice and obstacles disabled women face in their everyday life. Washrooms in public facilities in Korea, for example, are usually divided into rooms for men, women and the disabled, who are supposed to share one room regardless of their ...