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Women and disability: the experience of physical disability among women
- Author:
- LONSDALE Susan
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 186p.,tables,biliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Describes the experience of physical disability through detailed interviews with women of different ages, races and background. Explores the impact of gender on the process of being or becoming disabled. Analyses key social policies in the fields of employment and income generation. Concludes by considering ways in which women with disabilities can achieve greater independence and self determination.
National carers survey: care to work; vol. 2 comments from respondents taking part
- Author:
- OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
- Publisher:
- Opportunities for Women
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 165p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volume 2 of a survey. Contains comments by the participants. Volume 1 contains report and conclusions. The survey aims to show how women and men combine employment with caring responsibilities for children, elderly people, and people with disabilities. Also looks at the role of government, and carer support schemes in the workplace, including nurseries, carer leave schemes, and flexitime, as well as asking respondents what they would like from their employers.