Hello
It seems this news report has distorted the findings. The scope of the study
is:
"Identify the dynamics of abuse, which includes comprehensive assessment of
emotional, physical and sexual in the lives of women with disabilities; "
The scholarship utilisation is not within the scope of the study then how
did they draw this conclusion?
This seems to be a ploy to waterdown scholarships given to disabled persons.
Folks be on the guard.
Harish Kotian
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From: "Gopalakrishnan" <gopalakrishnan_...@yahoo.co.in>
To: "Access India" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:31 PM
Subject: [AI] Misuse of scholarship for differently abled: study
Misuse of scholarship for differently abled: study
Karthik Madhavan
COIMBATORE: The majority of differently abled persons who receive
scholarships do not get to enjoy the same, a study has found.
"Fifty-three per cent of the 600 girls and women interviewed have
complained that scholarship in money and kind was taken away by family
members and care takers," says the Avinashilingam University of Women,
Coimbatore, study on 'Prevalence of Violence Among Disabled Girls/Women.'
Fifty per cent visually impaired, 76.7 per cent hearing impaired, 38.7
physically challenged and 66 per cent mentally challenged have complained
of the scholarship money being used by others.
The UGC-sponsored study interviewed 150 persons each belonging to the
aforementioned four disabilities from Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai. And
each of the cities accounted for equal number of subjects in all the
special categories. The period of study: 2007-09.
It has also found that girls with disabilities from residential schools
suffered more compared to their counterparts at integrated and special
schools. Likewise, differently abled girls in Coimbatore and Madurai
underwent more physical violence compared to those in Chennai.
The same is true of psychological violence and financial exploitation as
well.
On the question of sexual violence, the study, carried out by the
Department of Special Education, has reveals that only five per cent were
abused and the abusers were mostly strangers.
The study's Principal Investigator Premavathy Vijayan, Co-Principal
Investigator G. Victoria Naomi and Project Fellow S. Suganya say the
purpose was to "Identify the dynamics of abuse, which includes
comprehensive assessment of emotional, physical and sexual in the lives of
women with disabilities; develop training packages for defence; and,
identify abusers/perpetrators and their relationship to the victim."
There is a list of recommendations as well. It suggests the need for legal
protection against abuse, providing information to the victim about
intervention centres and services available in the community and level of
accessibility, providing enough shelter homes for badly treated women and
sensitisation to police personnel to register complaints from persons with
disabilities.
Date:18/04/2010
URL:
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/18/stories/2010041857990100.htm
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