--- title: Women With Disabilities Three Times as Likely to Be Raped, Report Says description: According to international organization Human Rights Watch, disabled women are more susceptible to violence but have less recourse canonical: https://time.com/3734961/women-with-disabilities-three-times-as-likely-to-be-raped-human-rights-watch/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-06T09:15:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:57:58.241Z article:section: Health og:title: Women with Disabilities Face Greater Assault Risk og:description: Violence against women is ignored in several countries, says Human Rights Watch. og:url: https://time.com/3734961/women-with-disabilities-three-times-as-likely-to-be-raped-human-rights-watch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Women with Disabilities Face Greater Assault Risk twitter:description: Violence against women is ignored in several countries, says Human Rights Watch. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Women With Disabilities Are Three Times More Likely to Face Abuse: Report by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Mar 6, 2015 9:15 AM UTC by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Mar 6, 2015 9:15 AM UTC Women with disabilities are [three times as likely](http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/03/05/include-women-girls-disabilities-anti-violence-efforts-0) to be raped, physically abused or sexually assaulted, according to Human Rights Watch. A resource on gender-based violence designed for people with disabilities, released by HRW ahead of International Women’s Day on Sunday, states that women and girls with disabilities are increasingly susceptible to violence but are often ignored when it comes to prevention programs. The organization documented several cases across Zambia, India, Uganda and Turkey, finding a host of problems related to discrimination, vulnerability, accessibility and awareness. “Women and girls with disabilities are too often the victims of violence, yet get too little information on where to go for help,” said Shantha Rau Barriga, HRW’s disability-rights director. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3734961/women-with-disabilities-three-times-as-likely-to-be-raped-human-rights-watch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3734961/women-with-disabilities-three-times-as-likely-to-be-raped-human-rights-watch/"},"headline":"Women With Disabilities Are Three Times More Likely to Face Abuse: Report","datePublished":"2015-03-06T09:15:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:57:58.241Z","description":"Violence against women with disabilities is often ignored in several countries","url":"https://time.com/3734961/women-with-disabilities-three-times-as-likely-to-be-raped-human-rights-watch/","keywords":["Sex","women","Rape","Sexual Assault","abuse","Human Rights Watch","assault","disabilities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/sex/","name":"Sex"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3734961/women-with-disabilities-three-times-as-likely-to-be-raped-human-rights-watch/","name":"Women With Disabilities Are Three Times More Likely to Face Abuse: Report"}}]}] ```