Caring for people with intellectual disabilities in poor rural communities in Cambodia: experience from ADD International
Author(s)
Cordier, SylviaEditor(s)
Sweetman, CarolinePublication date
2014-11-10Keywords
Gender mainstreamingCarers
People with learning disabilities
Women
Social stigma
Disability
Gender and Development Journal
GaD
Country
Cambodia
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Gender & DevelopmentDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
The burden of care for a disabled relative traditionally falls on women: mothers, wives, sisters. In Cambodia, Khmer culture is strongly structured around the family unit within which both the role of women and discrimination towards people with disabilities are sanctioned by social hierarchy, perceptions of weakness, and the concept of karmic merit. This article explores the impact of ADD International’s project in Cambodia to support people with ‘intellectual disabilities’ – that is, learning disabilities – and aims to assess how this work affected carers, the majority of whom were women. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.Pages
12ISSN
1355-2074EISSN
1364-9221ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13552074.2014.963348