Human Rights and Wellbeing of the Vulnerables : A Case Study of Female with Hearing and Speech Impairedness

Tuesday, 8 July 2025: 11:00
Location: FSE039 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
Oral Presentation
Jayashree AMBEWADIKAR, Central University of Gujarat, India
Human life is prone to vulnerability due to our material needs and embodiment. Long-term dependence on the care of others is necessary since humans are vulnerable to physical disease, injury, disability, and death. Due to our social and emotional nature, we are vulnerable to other people's feelings and emotions in a range of circumstances, such as sadness and loss; mistreatment, neglect, and lack of attention; and rejection, exclusion, and humiliation. We are vulnerable to violation of our human rights, political violence, exploitation, manipulation, and oppression because we are socio-political beings. These events result in social and political marginalisation and exclusion. The effects of vulnerability and the extent to which they occur are determined by a person's social position, which places resources at their disposal differently. A person's vulnerability due to a disability brings in the individual, mental, and physical aspects that have universally long, deeply rooted contours of power and privilege. Theorising a broader concept of ontological vulnerability—basically, assigned vulnerability with a feminist perspective—may benefit from critically examining disability categories. This study is exploratory in nature and uses a qualitative case study research approach for female with hearing and speech impairedness. This study will examine how vulnerable these women are to social processes and institutional frameworks. Their vulnerabilities in the areas of family, neighbourhood, society, education, economics, marriage, decision-making, the legal system, technology, and, of course, communication will all be documented in this paper. Fieldwork and secondary research on the concepts of vulnerability and disability are used to examine how the state and community provide and safeguard their rights as a crucial indicator of their growth.