Hidden Voices: Disabled Women's Experiences of Violence and Support Over the Life Course

Violence against women is a worldwide social and human rights problem that cuts across cultural, geographic, religious, social, and economic boundaries. It affects women in countries around the world, regardless of class, religion, disability, age, or sexual identity. International evidence shows that approximately three in five women experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner. However, across the globe, women and girls with impairments or life-limiting illnesses are more susceptible to different forms of violence across a range of environments and by different perpetrators including professionals and family members as well as partners. However, they are likely to be seriously disadvantaged in gaining information and support to escape the abusive relationships. This article stems from the United Kingdom part of a comparative study with three other countries (Austria, Germany, and Iceland) funded by the European Commission (EC; 2013-2015). It presents preliminary findings, generated from life history interviews, about disabled women's experiences of violence and access to support (both formal and informal) over their life course and their aspirations for the prevention of violence in the future. The article includes examples of impairment-specific violence that non-disabled women do not experience. By bringing the voices of disabled women into the public domain, the article will facilitate a historically marginalized group to contribute to the debate about disability, violence, and support

cis-Eudesmane Sesquiterpene Glycosides from Liriope muscari and Ophiopogon japonicus

Two new cis-eudesmane sesquiterpene glycosides, liriopeoside A (1) and ophiopogonoside A (2), were extracted and purified from tubers of Liriope muscari and Ophiopogon japonicus, respectively, along with three known compounds. Their structures were elucidated as 1β,6β-dihydroxy-cis-eudesm-3-ene-6-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (1) and 1β,4β,6β-trihydroxy-cis-eudesmane-6-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (2) by spectral data analysis. The structure and the relative configuration of compound 1 were confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. This is the first time that cis-eudesmane-type sesquiterpenes have been reported from the genera Ophiopogon and Liriope

Distortional isomerism in oxomolybdenum systems: the evidence re-evaluated

Two blue forms of the oxomolybdenum complex [Mo(O)Cl2(PMe2Ph)3] exist, and not one blue and one green or even only one blue form! The molecules of the two blue forms can be characterized and are deformation isomers in which the phosphane ligands are clearly differently oriented, and the Mo[DOUBLE BOND]O bonds have different lengths, which lead to stretching frequencies differing by about 12 cm−1 in the IR spectra of the solids. The lack of change in the IR spectrum for the isomer absorbing at ṽ = 943 cm−1 on cocrystallization with [MoCl3(PMe2Ph)3] suggests that a crystal packing effect cannot explain the presence of two forms