The Development Center "Double Exposure"
- for better knowledge about violence against women with disabilities.
The Mission of the Development Center is to circulate and improve knowledge of violence against women with disabilities.
If we can learn more and improve our understanding, our capacity for action will also increase. This applies both to women with disabilities and to everyone who comes into contact with women who are subject toviolence.
Women with disabilities tend to be more vulnerable than other women. They often live in relationships where they are dependent. They also file police reports more seldom and remain longer in abusive relationships than other women.
The Development Center “Double Exposure“ cooperates with other organisations to ensure that women with disabilities, who have been subject to violence, receive the help they need and to which they are entitled.
The Aims of the Center
• support further development of the existing crisis sup port for women with disabilities and support other organizations for women with disabilities,
• work prophylactically to reduce the numbers of new
cases where women with disabilities are exposed to violence,
• offer further training for professionals and spearhead efforts to achieve a more holistic perspective in existing educational programs.
The targets groups of the Development Center are women with disabilities, and personnel who work with women with disabilities in various ways
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