Our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who gave so generously of their time and knowledge. Your
commitment to health care for women with disabilities brought this book into the world.
Caroline Agwanda Roshni Devi
Deborah Kaplan
Winifred Mujesia
Rosemary Segero
Fatuma Akan
Tara Dikeman
Manali Kasbekar
Frank Mulcahy
Lonny Shavelson
Firoz Ali
Janet Connatser
Allem
Eric Anderson
Soc Balingit
Florence Baingana
Monica Bartley
Denise Bergez
Rosangela Berman-
Bieler
Kim Best
Bimala Sharma
Bhandari
Michael Blake
Cheri Blauwet
Joan Bobb-Alleyne
Claire Borkert
Tina Bregvadze
Ron Brouillette
Arlene Calinao
Cynthia
Carmichael
Susan Canas
Silvia Casey
Phonesavanh
Chandavong
Sivila Chanpheng
Sujith J. Chandy
Gladys Charowa
Farai Cherera
Rosemary Ciotti
Alicia Contreras
Ann Cupola
Freeman
John Day
Kathryn Day
Lori Dobeus
Pamela Dudzik
Shalini Eddens
Sana Ali El-Saadi
Jennifer Fahnbulleh
Nancy Ferreyra
Anne Finger
Lee Gallery
Monica Gandhi
Katherine Gergen
Anita Ghai
Eileen Girón Batres
Nora Groce
Heba Hagrass
Maria Harkins
Phyllis Harshaw
Sari Heifetz
Karen Heinicke-
Motsch
Taija Heinonen
Susan Heller
Kevin Henderson
Judith Heumann
Rachael Holloway
Rob Horvath
Ralf Hotchkiss
Honora Hunter
Venus Ilagan
Namita Jacob
Lisa Jensen
Usha Jesudasan
Kathy Al Ju’beh
Rachel Kachaje
James G. Kahn
Wendy Kahn
Susan Kaur
Christie Keith
Jennifer Kern
Jahda Abou Khalil
Jackie
Ndona Kingolo
Pat Kirkpatrick
Kristi L. Kirschner
Justine Kiwanuka
Mari Koistinen
Kathleen Lankasky
BA Laris
Ye Ja Lee
Anne Leitch
Cindy Lewis
Gertrude Likopo
Lesoetsa
Rebecca C. Lim
Hoang Cam Linh
Sari Loijas
Lizzie Longshaw
Josephine Lyengi
Annie Malinga
Peggy Martinez
Rajaa Masabi
Melissa May
Katherine
McLaughlin
Joan McNeil
Lemnis Geraldo
Mendez
Ruth Miller
Linda D. Misek-
Falkoff
Sruti Mohaptra
Linda Mona
Irene Busolo
Mwenesi
Dorothy
Musakanya
James Mwanda
Safia Nalule
Sucheta Narang
Kanika Sophak
Nguon
Papa Djibril Niang
Cathy Noble
Corbett O’Toole
Deborah
Ottenheimer
Judy Panko Reis
Lauri Paolinetti
Rafael Peck
Elizabeth Pearl
Penumaka
KP Perkins
Minh Hang Pham
Allison Phillips
Judith Pollack
Jureeratana
Pongpaew
Zohra Rajah
Barbara Ridley
Pia Rockhold
Denise Roza
Laura Ruttner
Mariana Ruybalid
Robert Sampana
Beatriz Elena
Satizabal
Marsha Saxton
Estelle Schneider
Maya Shaw
Julia Shelby
A.Shivasanthakumar
Caroline Signore
Meenu Sikand
Julia Simonova
Kathy Simpson
Jan Sing
Judith Smith
Florence Nayiga
Ssekabira
Yvette Swan
Susan Sygall
Michael Tan
Supattraporn
“Mai” Tanatikom
Carolyn
Thompson
Uma Tuli
Meldah B.
Tumukunde
Doralee Uchel
James Ullman
Nance Upham
Aruna Uprety
Elizabeth Valitchka
Koen Van Rompay
Jyoti Chandulal
Vidhani
Zainab K. Wabede
Jessica Mak Wei-E
Ann Whitfield
Amy Wilson
Dayna Wolfe
Lin Yan
We also want to thank and remember the following women who contributed so much,
not only to this book, but to the community of women with disabilities around the world.
Sadly, they died before the book was published: Hellen Winifred Akot, Tanis Doe, Ana Malena
Alvarado, Connie Panzarini, Nanette Tver, Barbara Waxman-Fiduccia, and Sandra Welner.
We also thank the following foundations and individuals for their generosity in financially
supporting this project: Alexandra Fund; Chaim Tovim Tzedakah Fund of the Shefa Fund;
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation; Displaced Children and Orphans Fund/ Leahy War
Victims Fund, U.S. Agency for International Development (under terms of JHPIEGO contract
no. 06-TSC-022); Flora Family Foundation; Ford Foundation; Global Fund for Women; James
R. Dougherty Jr. Foundation; Jennifer Kern; Kadoorie Charitable Foundation; Margaret Schink;
Marguerite Craig; Marji Greenhut; May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust; Norwegian-Dutch
Trust Fund for Gender Mainstreaming/World Bank; Swedish International Development
Agency; and the West Foundation.