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Women with diabetes: facing double discrimination? [1]

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:04
Being a woman and having diabetes can mean double discrimination for women all over the world. Even more so in many developing countries, where women, whether they have diabetes or not, still have to fight harder than ever to achieve equal rights and equal opportunities. This article, however, will not offer a helpless victim's point of view.
Issue: 
Volume 47 | Issue 4 [2]
Author: 
Garcia-Belaunde Martha Mora de [3]
Attachment: 
article_110_en.pdf [4]
Keywords: 
discrimination
Section: 
Diabetes in Society [5]
Theme: 
People with diabetes [6]
Psychological issues [7]
Women [8]
Developing countries [9]

Source URL: http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/women-with-diabetes-facing-double-discrimination

Links:
[1] http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/women-with-diabetes-facing-double-discrimination
[2] http://www.idf.org/issues/02/12/01/volume-47-issue-4
[3] http://www.idf.org/authors/109/garcia-belaunde-martha-mora-de
[4] http://www.idf.org/sites/default/files/attachments/article_110_en.pdf
[5] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/25
[6] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/177
[7] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/175
[8] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/173
[9] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/170