{"id":6892,"date":"2020-10-28T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.porticomagazine.ca\/?p=6892"},"modified":"2020-10-28T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T19:11:12","slug":"pandemic-taking-toll-on-women-girls-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/10\/pandemic-taking-toll-on-women-girls-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic taking toll on women, girls with disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Women and girls with disabilities face the highest rates of poverty and gender-based violence in the world, a problem believed to have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\u201cBy focusing attention, increasing knowledge and creating new opportunities with women and girls, we will create better inclusion,\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6897 alignright\" 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