women with visible and invisible disabilities
In April 2017, the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that sleep-in care workers should be paid the same hourly rate for the whole of their time at work. Until then, charities were paying nominal amounts. Mencap paid a flat rate of £22.35 plus one hour’s pay (£6.70) for a nine-hour sleep-in shift. In May 2017, Mencap appealed … Read more
Read Legal Action for Women’s dossier of mothers’ experiences of Social Services and the family courts. We co-wrote the chapter on disability discrimination against mothers and children, chapter 10: LAW Dossier 18Jan17 final WinVisible is part of the “Support Not Separation” coalition which was launched in Parliament on 11 July, click here for more info and to … Read more
Watch videos from this Global Women’s Strike Conference held in November 2015. Three women from our network spoke: Nicole Als, a disabled mum Claire Glasman, WinVisible Gill Thompson, campaigner for justice against benefit sanctions
Women with disabilities work unwaged In an inaccessible world, all people with disabilities have to work hard just to survive, but women with disabilities work even harder. Many of us look after children, friends, families and others in our communities (who may have disabilities themselves), on top of coping with our own disability or ill-health. … Read more
Click to watch this documentary about two fantastic disabled mums and their struggles.