ABSTRACT
The World Health Organisation estimates that about 15% of the world's population is disabled. If you take into account the variations between countries, the possibility that people may prefer to not identify as disabled, and the fact that invisible impairments may not be counted (as often more traditional understandings of disability prevail), this number is likely to be even more substantial. Some see disability as an issue that pertains to a small minority of people and something with which the rest of society does not need to concern itself. This is clearly not the case: disability is everywhere, and it pertains to every aspect of our society as well as all areas of knowledge. Although, arguably, some feminists have become more aware of disability and feminist disability studies has provided major contributions to this area of knowledge, there is still much work to do to make sure disability is included in activism and scholarship, including in the study of how gender operates in world politics.
