![](https://diotima.org.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ryoji-iwata-_dVxl4eE1rk-unsplash-scaled-1-2048x1367-1-434x289.jpeg)
Gender-based violence against women with disabilities
Women with disabilities face a higher risk of experiencing gender-based violence, which also has ableist implications.
Find out about gender-based violence, its signs, consequences, and your rights. Learn about the services and support you can get.
Women with disabilities face a higher risk of experiencing gender-based violence, which also has ableist implications.
The dominant discourse could no longer present the perpetrators as “monsters”, and speak of “isolated incidents”.
Maria Apostolaki, the coordinator of legal services at the Diotima Center, presents the main institutional obstacles to the protection of surviving women.
The rule of love has been harsh and oppressive and has promoted patriarchal values albeit with spatial and temporal variations.
The 1st part of Maria Liapi’s presentation on domestic violence on the occasion of her participation in the 8th Psychopharmacology Conference.
Any survivor can escape from an abusive relationship. She is not alone in this journey. She can turn to the appropriate agencies.