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The roles undertaken by women and men in society are determined by factors such as culture, values, laws, religion, personal and private relationships between men and women in the society. Women are assumed to have a passive role in society whereas men assume active roles. Although men and women with disabilities experience devaluation, marginalisation, isolation and discrimination, but the two stigmatized statuses converge in the lives of women with disabilities which further diminishes their already devalued gender status. Violence against women and girls is rooted in gender-based discrimination, social norms and gender stereotypes which perpetuate violence. Women with disabilities around the world experience much higher levels of physical, sexual, and psychological violence, for longer periods of time and with worse physical and mental outcome as a consequence of violence than women without disabilities. Disabled women are at a higher risk of suffering physical, verbal or sexual abuse such as rape, molestation, sexual harassment as well as physical torture, isolation, beating etc. Women with mental disabilities, mental illness and hearing impairments are most vulnerable as they find it difficult to identify and speak up against the perpetrators at home and outside. For the present paper 30 working women with disabilities were interviewed in Jammu city. Thus the present paper will focus disabled women and the on the violence faced by disabled women.