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Help Us Advocate for Better Abortion Care for All Disabled Americans

Posted: 2024-05-07 12:40:27

Calling all members of the disability community! Your experiences matter, especially when it comes to accessing abortion services. The Disability and Abortion Access Survey is here to gather your insights on what’s working and how services can be improved. The Disability and Abortion Access Survey asks people with disabilities about their experiences getting abortion services. […]

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Women Enabled International Receives Unprecedented Donation of $5 Million from MacKenzie Scott

Posted: 2024-05-02 13:39:50

Women Enabled International is excited to announce an extraordinary one-time donation from MacKenzie Scott, a philanthropist dedicated to advancing gender equality globally. This grant is a testament to our organization’s longstanding and steadfast dedication to advancing human rights and justice at the intersection of gender and disability, from a global perspective. This donation recognizes the […]

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New amicus curiae brief before the United States Supreme Court in the case of Moyle v. United States

Posted: 2024-04-19 18:10:26

Women Enabled International (WEI), the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Legal Voice, and Covington & Burling LLP filed an amicus brief on behalf of thirteen disability rights organizations and scholars in the United States Supreme Court, advocating for the Court to uphold the federal protections of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act […]

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Critical Amicus Brief Filed in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine Before the United States Supreme Court on Mifepristone Regulations

Posted: 2024-02-13 14:28:08

New amicus curiae brief before the United States Supreme Court Women Enabled International (WEI), the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and Allen & Overy LLP filed an amicus brief on behalf of twelve disability rights organizations and scholars in the United States Supreme Court, advocating for a return to the use of updated […]

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Celebrating One Year of the Feminist Accessibility Protocol.

Posted: 2023-12-13 19:51:12

By Cristina Dueñas Díaz-Tendero **Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí** In the feminist movement and at many defining moments for gender equality, the lack of representation, participation, and leadership for one particular community has been clear — namely, feminists with disabilities. In my activism, I have felt many times that we, women with disabilities, have […]

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