1. Introduction -- 2. Working with disabled women: reviewing our approach -- 3. The case studies: Introduction. 3.1. Mobilising women with physical disabilities: The Lebanese Sitting Handicapped Association / Sylvana Lakkis. 3.2. Invisible victims: working with mothers of children with learning disabilities / Houda Boukhari. 3.3. A double discrimination: blind girls' life-chances / Nada Fahd, Maha Marji and Nirmin Mufti [et al.]. 3.4. Disability and gender at a cross-roads: a Palestinian perspective / Leila Atshan. 3.5. Facing the backlash: one woman's experience in Yemen / Suad Ramadan. 3.6. Taking the world stage: disabled women at Beijing / Jahda Abu-Khalil -- 4. Conclusion: making 'imperfect' women visible; strategies for the future / Edited by Georgia Gili