「殘疾」「婦女」Women & Disabilities

婦女健康/Health

 

身體健康是美好生活的根基, 假如身體出現了警號,應該立即求醫。但是殘疾婦女經常使用各種的原因去逃避身體檢查甚至放棄治療的機會。她們對自己的權益及醫學知識的貧乏、害怕檢查時的痛楚、擔心因自身的殘障而增加治療的難度、負擔不起那昂貴的檢查費用及缺乏交通配套等等。政府應提供交通配套及平價的醫療費用。

 

Maintaining a good health is always the key towards the beautiful life. If there is a warning signal in your body, you had better seek help from the doctor. However, the disabled people often avoid the health check-up with different reasons. Women with disabilities don’t know much about their own right and medical knowledge, the fear of discomfort during the period of examination, the fear of inconvenience arising from their physical disabilities, financial limitation and the lack of transportation. Government ought to provide subsidies and provision of transportation to the check-up centre, the examination packages with low price. 

 

婦女暴力/Violence

 

殘疾婦女面對性侵犯及性騷擾情況尤為嚴重,她們大多未能享有公平及公正的審訊過程。以精神復康者為例,他們被性侵犯後或會被醫生及執法人員標籤並否定她們的遭遇,認為這只屬她們的幻覺及錯覺。而智障婦女遇到性侵犯後,大多不敢告訴別人或較難清晰表達受害經過,增加調查及舉證的難度。

 

The problem of sexual harassment against women with disabilities is particularly taunting.  Discharged mental patients, for example, are subject to prejudice, that their complaints of harassment are often negated or disregarded as illusions or hallucinations. Moreover, women with intellectual disabilities not only tend to be reluctant to seek help, they may also encounter problems to report their experiences clearly due to their limited communication skills. As such, it may add difficulties with investigation and proving the case.

 

婚姻/Marriage

 

殘疾婦女在婚姻路上的最大困難是難以找到合適的對象。假如體健男士娶了殘障女性,眾人便會稱讚他為偉大。相反,若是一名體健女性嫁給殘障男性,眾人便會認為該男人很有本事。這種反差的兩性觀念充斥於主流社會,而事實上,殘疾婦女也可在不被貶抑的情況下追求自己的成就及幸福。 

 

It is not easy for women with disabilities to find their life-long partners. When an able-bodied man marries a woman with disability, he may be considered very kind. In contrast, when an able-bodied woman is married to a man with disability, the traditional societal perception is that the man must be very capable. While our society is dominated by such discrepancy in gender perspectives, women with disabilities are equally entitled to pursue their own life goals and happiness.

 

家庭/Family

 

雙職的殘疾婦女,比健全婦女面對更大的工作及家務壓力。此外,由於殘疾婦女可選擇的工種不多,加上缺乏社會資源,她們比健全婦女及殘疾男性更容易生活在貧窮線以下。

 

Women with disabilities also have to bear the double burden of their career and of housework at home. Further, women with disabilities are more likely to live under the poverty line due to limited job choices and the lack of social support.

 

 

婦女社會參與/Social Participation

 

殘疾人士特別是女性是有購物的需要,但明顯地這項她們既熱愛又能享受的社會活動是經常被忽略了其的需要。由於香港人對殘疾人士的認識主要是從教育、就業及社會服務方面,對提升殘疾人士的生活素質、增加其的社會參與及促進香港社區的融合和平等有莫大的幫助。

 

Disable people especially females, they all have the great interest and need of shopping. But obviously this social activity is always neglected.  In Hong Kong, the understanding of the handicapped people focuses on the aspects of education,occupation as well as the social services. This is a good way for boosting up the living standard of the people with disabilities, increasing their involvement of social activities and facilitate the community integration in Hong Kong as well as the equality. 


婦女就業與貧窮/Employment and Poverty

 

相比起普通婦女與普通殘疾人士,殘疾婦女在經濟方面所面臨的問題複雜與嚴峻。大部分的殘疾婦女由於文化水平偏低,缺乏技術以及自身條件的限制,往往只能從事一些底層工作崗位,甚至在工作量健全同行大的情況下,仍然只能拿到較少的工資。甚至還有很大一部分人沒有固定工作,只能依靠政府與家庭的資助維持生計。而在收入低於普通人的同時,殘疾婦女卻有著與普通人持平或者更高的支出。在這種收支不平衡的情況下,殘疾婦女的經濟狀況不容樂觀。

 

Comparing with other women or disabled person, women with disabilities have more complex and severe problems in economy. The fact is that a majority of disabled women have low education and skill and have to work on some simple work. In addition, comparing with other colleague, women with disabilities work harder and have less salary. And a majority part of disabled women have no permanent job, they can only rely on the support from their family and government. What’s more, women with disabilities have higher expenditure than ordinary people because of their medical fee. Due to this disequilibrium of balance and payment, women of disabilities have to stay in poor.

 

育兒/Child Rearing

 

殘疾婦女應享有健全人士所擁有的基本權利。以懷孕為例,殘疾母親在懷孕及照顧孩子時會面對比健全人士更多障礙,輪椅人士在懷孕期間難以進行全面的婦科檢查,而政府亦未有提供足夠及適切的設備與心理輔導支援予殘障母親。

 

Women with disabilities should enjoy equal fundamental human rights, including reproductive rights. Pregnant women with disabilities may face more obstacles during pregnancy and child rearing. For example, pregnant women in wheelchair may not be able to attend comprehensive antenatal checkup due to the lack of barrier-free facilities. There is also limited government support and counseling services provided for mothers with disabilities.