Winter Paralympics: 'Disabled women are human too'

South Korea was celebrated for the way it hosted the Winter Olympics, but in the first edition of its volunteer handbook, published in January, it felt it necessary to remind volunteers, known as the Passion Crew, that "a female disabled is also a female human being". So is it ready to host the Paralympics?

South Korea is famed for its technology and fast-pace, its difficult relationship with North Korea and of course K-Pop which burst on to the Western music scene with Gangnam Style. But it hasn't always been as forward-thinking when it comes to women, especially if they're disabled.
"Women could never be heroes," travel writer, Seoul-dweller and disability campaigner Seyoon Jane Hong, 30, says.
"Until the 20th Century, everything was male-centred.

 Source:  BBCNews