Senator Crystal Asige on Intersectionality and Ending GBV: Who is Left Behind?

To mark the 2022 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, The Feminist Sparc Podcast and Swaiba Podcast UNITE to host a two-part series on ending GBV.  Research shows that girls and young women with disabilities may face up to 10 times more violence than women and girls without disabilities. The intersection with disability puts them at further risk of violence that is unique and less detectable: https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecit....   In this episode, we sit with Senator, singer/songwriter Crystal Asige. Nominated to the 4th Senate in the 13th Parliament of the Republic of Kenya to represent persons with disabilities and Special Interest Groups. Sen. Crystal Asige is also an award winning musician, diversity equity and inclusion consultant, disability rights advocate, inclusive mobility and transport practitioner, accessibility auditor and a public speaker. Widely known as VIP (Visually Impaired Person) amongst her following, Sen. Crystal Asige is now good-humouredly known as the 4th Senate’s VIP (Visually Impaired Parliamentarian). As the first and only senator to cross-cut all three special interest groups, i.e. persons with disabilities; women; and youth; with an additional representation of creatives, Sen. Crystal Asige seeks to push the envelope in creating awareness around the intersectionality of being a young, black-African woman and professional with an invisible disability living in the global South, and challenge the unconscious and entrenched prejudices of people with disabilities. In this episode, she spotlights how persons with disabilities experience GBV; the importance of inclusivity and accessibility; and how to ensure that we leave no one behind.  Listen and share.  To follow Senate and National Assembly Proceedings visit:    / @parliamentofkenyachannel    Follow us on socials:  Crystal: https://linktr.ee/crystalasige @Swaiba Podcast on all platforms Feminists in Kenya on all platforms @voicetweetz on Twitter, @voiceglobal on IG and Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiative @dlci_ke on all platforms. The production and dissemination of this podcast has been made possible with the support of Voice. The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Voice.