“ Due attention must also be paid to the cross-sectionalities between disability issues and women’s issues more generally… working to build on expertise and experience gained in other areas of specialization, to inform approaches for advocating and taking action to advance the rights…”
University level academic programs should be preparing future researchers and practitioners for dealing with these cross-sectional issues. And yet – are they?
A review of US public universities offering undergraduate Women’s Studies programs has revealed many offerings. A review of Disability Studies programs has yielded a smaller number. Work has begun on identifying the extent to which those with both types of programs offer courses or areas joining the two. A similar review of Schools in the MDCs of the EU is also underway.
The final investigative results and a discussion of the commonalities of the two approaches and disciplines will be given. Model programs will be identified and recommendations will be made for how best to build a model that leverages the resources available through both.
