Women with Disabilities and Accessibility Issues in the City: Between Spatial Equity and Social Exclusion.

In the world, as in Morocco, people with disabilities (PDH) are among the most marginalized people. People with disabilities are subject to multiple forms of social disqualification throughout their lives due to significant and multiple obstacles. The application of laws regarding disability is still incomplete.Disability constitutes an additional burden on households and families of people with disabilities who do not have sufficient resources and means to meet their health and educational needs (Khalil, J. (Ed); (2018).In public spaces, people with disabilities will not be able to access them or carry out any action due to the lack of accessibility and tools adapted to their situation. The objective of this work is to raise awareness of the conditions of accessibility and mobility of women with disabilities in the city and examine the impact of these conditions on their daily lives. This is a socio-anthropological and qualitative study. This study is still ongoing.The work is particularly interested in the complex effects on individuals of the conditions of accessibility and mobility in the city according to the following three axes linked to three major issues: dependence on means of transport, metropolitan mobility and the built environment and accessibility.The preliminary results of interviews with women with disabilities about mobility in the city and urban lifestyle report that physical exclusion constitutes a first aspect in public transport. Women also report double discrimination.The daily work mobility of women in the suburbs of Casablanca combines physical accessibility and specificities linked to the status of women in our society. The length, cost and inconvenience of travel contribute to making the lives of women seeking a minimum of financial independence very difficult, to the point of dissuading a significant number of them from entering the labor market on a long-term basis. .