Gender and Disability Consciousness Among Community Organizers and Self-Advocates

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dc.contributor.advisorGorman, Rachel da Silveira
dc.contributor.authorBernasky, Tammy Michelle
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-13T14:00:06Z
dc.date.available2020-11-13T14:00:06Z
dc.date.copyright2020-09
dc.date.issued2020-11-13
dc.date.updated2020-11-13T14:00:06Z
dc.degree.disciplineCritical Disability Studies
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation approaches oppression of women and trans people in the disability community from the vantage point of resistance movements. Research in this area has, so far, largely excluded gender-based violence. I begin to fill this gap through research with self-advocates and community organizers. My project asks, under what conditions do movements for women and trans people with disabilities emerge? I also propose that movements to end violence can transform individual and collective consciousness about disability and gender oppression. Participants were recruited by networking with organizations in Canada and internationally. Snowballing and social media outreach were also used as recruitment methods. Semi-structured, face-to-face and virtual interviews were conducted with thirteen participants from nine countries. An objectivist grounded content analysis identified experiences of gender and disability oppression as well as transformative conditions for individual and collective consciousness. I use an intersectional analysis to help frame movement from and between disability oppression, consciousness, and empowerment a process that is not necessarily cyclical, parallel, or linear. Through this research I propose two aspects of social movement organizing. The first is the individual aspect, whereby an individual experiences oppression, but with support and education a raised consciousness about disability and gender oppression emerges and from that there is resistance. Individuals may also participate in the second aspect, which is social movement organizing, whereby the group is equipped with a collective understanding of their circumstances and an awareness of the possibilities to take action. I conclude that individuals and movements organizing around gender-based violence in the disability community can experience oppression, resistance, and empowerment in a number of ways; whether it is linear, cyclical or simultaneous. In short, in order for social movements to be ongoing and progressive, they require supporters and actors who individually and collectively recognize a common struggle, share a desire to ensure better for themselves and others, and exhibit a propensity to act.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/37984
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectWomen's studies
dc.subject.keywordsGender
dc.subject.keywordsDisability
dc.subject.keywordsConsciousness
dc.subject.keywordsSocial movements
dc.subject.keywordsSocial movement organizing
dc.subject.keywordsAdvocacy
dc.subject.keywordsRights
dc.subject.keywordsSocial change
dc.subject.keywordsEmpowerment
dc.subject.keywordsSelf-advocates
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity organizing
dc.subject.keywordsStructural violence
dc.subject.keywordsOppression
dc.subject.keywordsResistance movements
dc.subject.keywordsGender-based violence
dc.subject.keywordsCollective consciousness
dc.subject.keywordsIntersectionality
dc.subject.keywordsIntersectional oppression
dc.titleGender and Disability Consciousness Among Community Organizers and Self-Advocates
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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