Ana Teresa Silva de Freitas: Access to Justice for Women With Disabilities Who Are Victims of Domestic Violence ...
Thu 09 Apr
|Faculty of Law, U. NOVA de Lisboa
ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: barriers, accessibility pathways, and Brazil’s normative parameters in dialogue with Portugal’s legal framework
Time & Location
09 Apr 2026, 14:00 – 15:00 WEST
Faculty of Law, U. NOVA de Lisboa, Campus de Campolide 18, 1099-032 Lisboa, Portugal
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ANA TERESA SILVA DE FREITAS
ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: barriers, accessibility pathways, and Brazil’s normative parameters in dialogue with Portugal’s legal framework
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Hybrid format on April 09, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, at the Faculty of Law of NOVA University Lisbon, in the Meeting Room (next to the Administration Office).
Abstract
This research is based on the analysis of access to justice for women with disabilities who are victims of domestic violence in Brazil, from a feminist and intersectional perspective and within the biopsychosocial model. The study arises from the empirical finding that women and girls with disabilities face overlapping systems of oppression and discrimination, which produce greater vulnerability, invisibility, and systemic barriers to the access and exercise of rights. These barriers encompass the dimensions of attitudinal and communicational accessibility, which lead to the discrediting o…