Sexual and Reproductive Health of Girls and Women With Disabilities
Date Issued
2024
Author(s)
Trajkovska, Biljana
Abstract
The environment, different family structure, social crises and other unfavorable economic circumstances
significantly influence the life dynamics, behavior, stress and sources of frustration among persons with
disabilities. Attempts to help them are often untimely, not systematic and not effective. The offered solutions
for their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) are sporadic, without adequate state support or connection
of the relevant line ministries, especially when it comes to the female population. The issue of cooperation
between family, school and institutions is old, but with the change of living context, it acquires new
meanings and definitions and requires a new approach, both in the study and in practical solution of the
problem.
The most important problems in the field of SRH are the predominantly conservative birth control, the risky
sexual behavior of adolescents and young girls and women, as well as the insufficient level of commitment
to the preservation of SRH of the entire population, especially vulnerable categories, such as the socially
oppressed and marginalized categories. Therefore, in this area, it is necessary to pay special attention to
particularly sensitive groups of the population, such as Roma girls and women, those with disabilities, with
infection from the human immunodeficiency virus, but also those who live on the threshold of poverty,
especially from rural areas.
significantly influence the life dynamics, behavior, stress and sources of frustration among persons with
disabilities. Attempts to help them are often untimely, not systematic and not effective. The offered solutions
for their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) are sporadic, without adequate state support or connection
of the relevant line ministries, especially when it comes to the female population. The issue of cooperation
between family, school and institutions is old, but with the change of living context, it acquires new
meanings and definitions and requires a new approach, both in the study and in practical solution of the
problem.
The most important problems in the field of SRH are the predominantly conservative birth control, the risky
sexual behavior of adolescents and young girls and women, as well as the insufficient level of commitment
to the preservation of SRH of the entire population, especially vulnerable categories, such as the socially
oppressed and marginalized categories. Therefore, in this area, it is necessary to pay special attention to
particularly sensitive groups of the population, such as Roma girls and women, those with disabilities, with
infection from the human immunodeficiency virus, but also those who live on the threshold of poverty,
especially from rural areas.
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