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It is written by: dr. sc. Zumreta Galija\u0161evi\u0107 Balukovi\u0107<\/p>\n
Do you have a cell phone in your hand? Great. And did you know that thousands of girls with disabilities don't have one?
\nSounds like an exaggeration?
\nNo.<\/p>\n
\u201cAvailable to everyone!\u201d \u2013 but not \u201cto everyone\u201d.
\nThe internet, technology, apps, schools, work \u2013 everything is going online. They say: \u201cIt\u2019s great, now everyone has access!\u201d
\nBut if you are a woman with a disability, the digital world often tells you:<\/p>\n
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\u00a0\"You have no business here.\"<\/p>\n
Because:<\/p>\n
They don't give you a phone. \"My brother and sister need it for school. You're free.\"<\/p>\n
Online applications are not adapted for screen readers.<\/p>\n
Zoom lectures do not have subtitles.<\/p>\n
The application that everyone uses for shopping simply does not respond to your voice, your touch,<\/p>\n
Help and support platforms \u2013 no options for people who cannot see, hear, or type.<\/p>\n
Every click you make on the website leads to a dead end.<\/p>\n
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And so\u2026 click by click, the doors are closed. For education. For jobs. For security. For voice.<\/p>\n
In an era when lectures, employment, health services, and even love life migrate to screens, women with disabilities remain offline!<\/p>\n
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\u00a0And isn't that the case with men too?<\/p>\n
Yes \u2013 but here's the difference:
\nWomen are less likely to have their own devices.
\nThey are more often controlled by their family or partner.
\nThey have less money for technology.
\nAnd often no one even asks them the question: \"Do you want to work in IT?\"<\/p>\n
If you are a girl with a disability, the system whispers to you:<\/p>\n
\"You're not a priority. Just don't bother.\"<\/p>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0But they don't give up.<\/p>\n
Farida Bedwei, a software engineer from Ghana with cerebral palsy, types with one hand and has created a banking program for 130 institutions.<\/p>\n
Christina Mallon is a Microsoft designer from the US. She writes with her feet. She designs products used by millions.<\/p>\n
Oreoluwa Lesi is an IT educator from Nigeria. She teaches girls, including those with disabilities, to launch startups.<\/p>\n
If they can do it, so can we. In Bosnia and Herzegovina. In your school. In your community. And what is Bosnia and Herzegovina doing?<\/p>\n
Something\u2026 but not enough:
\nPrograms like the one at IT Girls exist \u2013 but girls with disabilities are rarely the target group.
\nSchools and colleges often lack accessible materials.
\nTrainings and platforms do not recognize that not all users are the same.<\/p>\n
It's time for that to change.<\/p>\n
What can you do?<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Are you an IT student?
\nLearn the basics of accessible design. Each line of code can turn a person on or off the Internet.<\/p>\n
Are you an activist?
\nAsk: Is this website accessible to women with disabilities? It's not? Report it.<\/p>\n
Are you a designer?
\nThe button that everyone can click is revolution.<\/p>\n
Are you just using the internet?
\nStop saying, \"We're all online,\" if your sister, friend, mother can't access Zoom without help.<\/p>\n
And finally\u2026<\/p>\n
If you made it this far \u2013 thank you. It means you care.<\/p>\n
Share, react, turn into action.<\/p>\n
May 15, 2025 \u2013 Digital Accessibility Day<\/p>\n
Don't let it be just one day for us.<\/p>\n
Because until the digital doors are open to everyone \u2013 no one is really inside.<\/p>\n
Pi\u0161e: dr. sc. Zumreta Galija\u0161evi\u0107 Balukovi\u0107 Ima\u0161 mobitel u ruci? Super. A da li zna\u0161 da ga hiljade djevojaka sa invaliditetom nemaju? Zvu\u010di kao pretjerivanje? Nije. \u201cDostupno svima!\u201d \u2013 ali ne i \u201csvima\u201d. Internet, tehnologija, aplikacije, \u0161kole, posao \u2013 sve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vijesti"],"yoast_head":"\n