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Black Women and Girls With Disabilities

This series examines the impacts of structural racism, sexism, and ableism on the education, health outcomes, and economic security of Black women and girls with disabilities in the United States.

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Two students at a school for the blind join hands while singing. (Getty/Jerry Holt/Star Tribune)

Advancing Racial Equity and Justice, Strengthening Health, Disability, Juneteenth

In this series

Expanding Education Access for Black Girls With Disabilities
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Expanding Education Access for Black Girls With Disabilities

To create more equitable education systems, policymakers must understand how racism, ableism, and sexism intersect and negatively affect Black disabled girls’ ability to attain an education.

Megan Buckles, Mia Ives-Rublee

How To Make Policies Work for Black Women With Disabilities
Transit riders, elected officials, and advocates, including Access-a-Ride organizer Eman Rimawi, rally outside Cuomo's office
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How To Make Policies Work for Black Women With Disabilities

To create more equitable systems, policymakers must take an intersectional approach that includes Black women and girls with disabilities.

Megan Buckles

10 Policies To Improve Economic Security for Black Women With Disabilities
A teenage girl sits at a desk to take part in remote distance learning on a laptop, while her mother stands behind
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10 Policies To Improve Economic Security for Black Women With Disabilities

To advance economic security for Black disabled women and girls, policymakers must make intersectionality central to modernizing the social safety net and to dismantling the barriers that contribute to inequality.

Megan Buckles

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