Jan 31 2024 41 mins
Janie Mejias, the U.S. Organizer for Women Enabled International (WEI), discusses her advocacy work for the rights of women with disabilities, the intersectionality of feminism and disability, and WEI’s mission & resources.
This episode was made possible thanks to a generous grant from The New York Bar Foundation.
**Show Notes**
- Women Enabled International: https://womenenabled.org/
- U.S. Gender and Disability Justice Alliance https://womenenabled.org/alliance/
- Generation Equality Forum and Inclusive Generation Equality Collective: https://womenenabled.org/impact/#generationEquality
- accountABILITY Toolkit: Using the Inter-American Human Rights System to Advance the Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities : https://womenenabled.org/reports/using-the-inter-american-human-rights-system-to-advance-the-rights-of-women-and-girls-with-disabilities/
- Summary of proposed new rule to Section 504: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/09/07/hhs-issues-new-proposed-rule-to-strengthen-prohibitions-against-discrimination-on-basis-of-disability-in-health-care-and-human-services-programs.html
- 10 Principles of Disability Justice: https://www.sinsinvalid.org/blog/10-principles-of-disability-justice
- Sins Invalid, creator of the Disability Justice framework: https://www.sinsinvalid.org/
- More about Janie Mejias: https://womenenabled.org/teams/janie-mejias/
- Email Janie Mejias at [email protected]
Follow Women Enabled International!
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WomenEnabled.org
- Twitter (@womenenabled): https://twitter.com/womenenabled
- Instagram (@womenenabled): https://www.instagram.com/womenenabled/
- U.S. Gender and Disability Justice Alliance Facebook https://www.facebook.com/USGDJA
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