June 15, 2018
Women and girls with disabilities, especially those with invisible disabilities, are disproportionately affected by sex trafficking, yet they remain underrepresented in data that could inform policy change. Indigenous, racialized, immigrant, and undocumented women with disabilities are even more vulnerable. In this brief, DAWN Canada calls for a feminist disability lens in addressing human trafficking to better prevent it and support survivors, a perspective largely missing from current national strategies.
Women and girls with disabilities, especially those with invisible disabilities, are disproportionately affected by sex trafficking, yet they remain underrepresented in data that could inform policy change. Indigenous, racialized, immigrant, and undocumented women with disabilities are even more vulnerable. In this brief, DAWN Canada calls for a feminist disability lens in addressing human trafficking to better prevent it and support survivors, a perspective largely missing from current national strategies.
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DAWN (DisAbled Women’s Network) Canada is pleased to present its pre-budget submission to the Minister of Finance for the federal budget 2025-26. As a national organization that works to address systems of oppression, we welcome the opportunity to provide these insights to help build a new, inclusive Canadian economy.
Established in 1985, DAWN Canada is a national feminist, cross-disability human rights organization that works to address systems of oppression. We focus on addressing issues of disability through our four pillars: research, learning, policy and advocacy. DAWN’s mission is to end the poverty, isolation, discrimination and violence experienced by women, girls and gender-diverse people who live with disabilities and/or are Deaf in Canada.
