"Treated worse than animals"
abuses against women and girls with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities in institutions in India
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Author
Contributions
- Human Rights Watch (Organization) - Contributor
Publication
2014 - Human Rights Watch, New York, N.Y., New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
26,000 words, Guess
Page Count
104 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL30404237M
- ISBN-101623132088
- ISBN-139781623132088
- Library of Congress Control Number2015304022
- OCLC Control Number900542301
Classifications
- DDC362.4
- LCCHV1559.I4 S48 2014
Alternate Titles
- Abuses against women and girls with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities in institutions in India
Description
"This report documents involuntary admission and arbitrary detention in mental hospitals and residential care institutions across India, where women and girls with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities experience overcrowding and lack of hygiene, inadequate access to general health care, forced treatment--incluelectro convulsivelsive therapy--as well as physical, verbal, and sexual violence. In one case, a woman with both intellectual and psychosocial disabilities was sexually assaulted by a male staff member in a mental hospital in Kolkata. The report also examines the multiple barriers that prevent women and girls with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities from reporting abuses and accessing justice"--Publisher's description.
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