“Treated Worse than Animals”: Abuses against Women and Girls with Psychosocial or Intellectual Disabilities in Institutions in India
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“Treated Worse than Animals”: Abuses against Women and Girls with Psychosocial or Intellectual Disabilities in Institutions in India
Description
Documents involuntary admission and arbitrary detention in mental hospitals and residential care institutions across India, where women and girls with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities experience overcrowding and lack of hygiene, inadequate access to general healthcare, forced treatment - including electroconvulsive therapy - as well as physical, verbal, and sexual violence.
Publisher
Human Rights Watch
Date
December 3, 2014
Language
English
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Citation
““Treated Worse than Animals”: Abuses against Women and Girls with Psychosocial or Intellectual Disabilities in Institutions in India,” Women's Knowledge Digital Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://womensdigitallibrary.org/items/show/276.