Article: RIGHTS-COTE D'IVOIRE: DISABLED WOMEN DEMAND SEXUAL RIGHTS.

by Fulgence Zambl

ABIDJAN, Nov. 1, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Marginalised by society because they have few legal or institutional forms of protection, disabled women in Cote d'Ivoire are now coming out of the shadows and demanding their rights -- particularly those related to their sexual and reproductive lives.

"Even if we don't get benefits, what's important to us is our rights," said Fatim Kon, a resident of the Ivorian financial capital, Abidjan, who had a leg amputated three years ago.

Anne-Ccile Konan, a disabled person, and president of the National Union of Handicapped Women of Cote d'Ivoire (Union nationale des femmes handicapes de C"te ...

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