{"title":"Women with Disabilities: A Study of Contributions of Sexual and Reproductive Rights for Theology","authors":"Luciana Steffen","volume":127,"journal":"International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","pagesStart":1979,"pagesEnd":1984,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10008108","abstract":"<p>People with disabilities are often neglected in the exercise of their sexuality, facing several prejudices and discrimination in this area. For women with disabilities, the negligence is even major. Studies that relate sexual and reproductive rights with the experience of women with disabilities are rare, and in the field of Theology, practically nonexistent in Brazil. The aim of this work is to reflect on the relationship between women with disabilities, sexual and reproductive rights and Theology, according to a feminist perspective. The work is a literature review and involves the areas of Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Feminist Studies and Theology. In the article it will be addressed the relations between disability, sexual and reproductive rights, feminism, as well as the relations with the area of Theology, reflecting on these themes toward a fairer and more inclusive understanding of feminism, sexuality and women with disabilities. To reflect on sexual and reproductive rights of women with disabilities, it is important to reflect on religious concepts about the body, sexuality, reproduction and gender roles, because they are all connected. So, a critical analysis of traditional theological values taking into consideration the dimensions of sexuality and women with disability is important for a more liberating and inclusive understand about sexual and reproductive rights of women with disabilities. Theology should help the other areas in the understanding that all people have the right to live their lives with completeness, dignity and respect, so women with disabilities must have the opportunity of making their own choices on the fields of sexuality and reproduction.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1]\tBrasil. LEI N\u00ba 13.146, DE 6 DE JULHO DE 2015. Disp\u00f5e sobre a Lei Brasileira de Inclus\u00e3o da Pessoa com Defici\u00eancia. Retrievid from http:\/\/www.planalto.gov.br\/ccivil_03\/_Ato2015-2018\/2015\/Lei\/L13146.htm. \r\n[2]\tA. Finger. Forbidden Fruit. New Internationalist, n. 233, 1992, pp. 9.\r\n[3]\tIPPF, Direitos Sexuais: Uma Declara\u00e7\u00e3o da IPPF. Rio de Janeiro: BEMFAM, 2009, pp. i.\r\n[4]\tD. Diniz, O que \u00e9 defici\u00eancia. S\u00e3o Paulo: Editora Brasiliense, 2007, pp. 59.\r\n[5]\tD. Diniz. L. Barbosa, \u201cPessoas com defici\u00eancia e direitos humanos no Brasil\u201d, in: G. Venturi (Org.). 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