DAWN’s mandate to end the poverty, isolation, discrimination and violence experienced by Canadian women with disabilities and Deaf women and promote the advancement and inclusion of women and girls with disabilities and Deaf women by creating change at a systemic level. [...] As an example, things like poverty, • Cross-disability and Intersectional ableism, and inaccessibility have work - One of the key recommendations was the need for shaped the conditions that make all GBV programming and support to some more vulnerable to GBV and be fully accessible and intersectional also create barriers to accessing to ensure that no one is left behind. [...] Women and girl identifying SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS AND and non-binary people with disabilities, particularly those who are Indigenous, FAMILIES Black and or racialized, and 2SLGBTQIA+ It is important to note that there are many are often not believed, which leads to who do not survive GBV and that their underreporting and trauma while families need support as well, including the navigating the vario. [...] rejection of the growing carceral state (including a rejection of • Targeted efforts to support women’s shelter surveillance and intersectional work and disabled and related relationships with the police), marginalized groups with respect to and the decriminalization of things GBV and this should include efforts to like sex work to better protect and support those with invisible disabilities ensur. [...] LEGAL AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS • Having lawyers and paralegal staff Many Deaf persons may not have a clear knowledgeable about accessibility understanding of the justice system, the requirements and understanding the rights and responsibilities of citizens and impacts of being Deaf, Deaf-Blind, residents of Canada, and the roles and hard of hearing, or deaf with responsibilities of government.
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