Disabled Women & Poverty: The Cost of Exclusion
Artwork by Participants
The Highlights Continue! ✨
This week we are sharing the art created by participants at our Disabled Women & Poverty Event with Disabled Women Ireland.
Facilitating multiple forms of engagement is a key part of making our events truly accessible, so participants could also share their views in art-form.
Thank you so much to all who took part and created these beautiful pieces.
Keep an eye on our social media and Substack for further highlights!
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This project was supported by the Department of Social Protection as part of the funding for the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2025.
[Image description: Artwork created on canvas. A red heart with a black crack down the middle is drawn at the centre. Surrounding the heart is a dense circle of small colourful dots in blue, pink, orange, purple, green, and brown. A light blue wash of colour surrounds the dotted circle against a white canvas background.]
[Image description: Artwork created on canvas. The design features layered, petal-like shapes outlined in black, radiating outward. Inside the shapes are clusters of smaller forms filled with bright colours including orange, yellow, teal, blue, and green. The background is a white canvas texture.]
[Image description: Artwork created on canvas. A hand-drawn black maze fills the centre. At the middle of the maze is a green euro (€) symbol. Along the maze pathways, small handwritten words and phrases appear, including: “No support,” “Forms,” “Disability,” “Accessible,” “Services,” “Time,” “Appointments,” “Travelling,” “Discrimination,” “Medical,” “Long wait,” “No interpreter,” “Bills,” “Jobseekers,” “Phonecalls,” “Transport,” and “Housing.” Outside the maze, at the top are two small stick figures walking. On the left side, a small arrow points to the word “Jobs,” and on the right side, another arrow points to “Supports.” At the bottom, purple text reads “ENDLESS LABOUR OF ACCESS.” Colourful spiral designs decorate each corner of the canvas.]
[Image description: Artwork created on canvas. The centre features the large hand-drawn letters “ISL” in blue, with a small green shamrock above it and two small red hearts on either side. Beneath “ISL,” smaller text reads “Irish Sign Languages.” Surrounding the central text are individual handwritten words and short phrases in various colours, spaced randomly around the canvas. The words include: “Equal,” “Women,” “Health,” “Violation,” “Limited,” “Human right,” “Deaf,” “Mental health,” “Work,” “Wellbeing,” “Education,” “Access,” “Choice,” “Interpreter,” and “Freedom.” The canvas background is off-white with a visible fabric texture.]
[Image description: Artwork created on canvas. Large text in the centre reads:“ISL” “Access Denied is Justice Denied.” The words “ISL,” “Access,” and “Justice” are highlighted in blue, while the other words are written in green. Around the central text are additional words written in a mix of blue and yellow on the canvas. These words include: “Oppression,” “Invisible,” “Violation,” “Barrier,” “Opportunity limited,” “Inequality,” and “No career progression.” On the left side, the vertical word “LEFT OUT” is written in yellow. The canvas background shows a natural woven texture.]
[Image description: Artwork created on canvas. The large hand-drawn letters “ISL” appear in navy blue at the centre. Underneath, in lighter text, it reads: “Irish Sign Language.” Surrounding the central lettering, scattered across the canvas in different colours (green, blue, purple, yellow, and orange), are handwritten words and phrases: “Deaf,” “Exclusion,” “Mental Health,” “Interpreters,” “Audism,” “Awareness,” “Money,” “Limitations,” “Barriers,” “Nothing about us without us!!,” “Violation,” “Access,” and “Equal.” The background is an off-white canvas texture.]
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