Rights of Disabled People : Girls with Special Needs Clamour for Sexual Rights

Young girls who are physically challenged have taken upon themselves to rise up to expectations to reassure all that their disability is not a limitation. For some years, policies implemented at the international and national level have placed particular emphasis on the empowerment of women. And young girls with special needs have not been left out. But then some societal rules stigmatized this group of persons. In a bit to discuss their plight an association known as “Handicapés et Fiers” on Thursday December 30,2021 organized a meeting to exchange on health, sexual and reproductive rights and bodily integrity of vulnerable girls in general and in situation of disability in particular.
During the meeting the girls expressed the need for them not be to be stigmatised   and not to be abused because of their disability. They said they have a right over their sexual life which should be respected.
On her part the president of the “Handicapés et Fiers”, Michele Sojip, explained that vulnerable girls in general and girls with disabilities in particular have dreams, ambitions and projects like any young persons but  unfortunately as a result of their disability they face many barriers that limit their access to quality sexual education and health care. 
She decried that the rights of vulnerable girls in general and tho...