The Disabled Women’s Network (DAWN) was founded in Winnipeg in 1987 by women from across Canada.  DAWN’s vision was to bring attention to the special problems facing women with disabilities. It worked extensively to influence public policy and the inequities in the judicial system. Pat Israel talks to Rise Up about the work of the organization with emphasis on the additional difficulties faced by disabled women in accessing the mainstream women’s movement.

With Pat Israel.

Interviewed by Sue Colley