How gender inequality affects people with disabilities

Breakdown

• Women with intellectual disabilities face more barriers to employment than men with disabilities and women without disabilities. 12s
• Only 48.1% of women with disabilities in the EU are employed, compared to 53.7% of men with disabilities. 21s
• Women with disabilities are 2 to 5 times more likely to experience domestic violence than women without disabilities. 46s
• Twelve European countries still allow some forms of forced sterilization for women with disabilities. 1m 3s
• Older women with disabilities are more likely than men to need long-term support and face barriers to independent living. 1m 13s