Women Enabled International (WEI) works at the intersection of women's rights and disability rights to advance the rights of women and girls with disabilities around the world. Working in collaboration with women with disabilities rights organizations and women's rights organizations Globally, WEI fosters cooperation across movements to increase international attention to and strengthen human rights standards on issues such as violence against women, sexual and reproductive health and rights, access to justice, education, legal capacity, and humanitarian emergencies. Our logo is the woman symbol ♀ with the letters 'WE' inside the circle.
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WEI accountABILITY toolkit
Women Enabled International presents a new toolkit that empowers organizations which advocate for the rights of women with disabilities and assists them in using available U.N. human rights mechanisms. Available in English and Spanish.
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WEI Fact Sheets
English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese,
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An overview of frequent violations of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and of the right to be free from Gender-Based Violence for women and girls with disabilities, and examples of what governments must do to realize these rights
WEI participated in the 62nd Annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62), "Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls, " which was held at the UN Headquarters in New York City, 12–23 March 2018. Pictured above (l-r) are Khawla Wakkaf, Juan Jaime Pardo, Si Kailian, Stephanie Ortoleva, Suzannah Phillips, Anastasia Holoboff, Amanda McRae, and Luci Prosapio. More information about WEI's participation and side events
Interactive Global Map of Advocates
Find organizations in most countries worldwide working for the rights of disabled women and girls and aligned women’s rights organizations, disability rights organizations, academic institutions and more!
WEI's Global Map is a groundbreaking interactive map of organizations that advocate for the rights of women and girls with disabilities. Released on International Women's Day in 2016, it has grown to include over 600 organizations.
September 24, 2018 WEI, the Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic, and Amnesty International submit amicus brief to the New York Court of Appeals about the right of women with disabilities to be mothers. Filed in support of a woman with an intellectual disability whose newborn child was removed from her custody before she was discharged from the hospital, the amicus details international human rights standards on disability-related discrimination and discusses what countries must do to respect the right to family for both women with disabilities and their children.
August 18, 2018 Preliminary Submission to the UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women on Women with Disabilities and Deprivation of Liberty. This submission, presented to the Working Group at its annual meeting in New York on July 25, 2018, highlights the forms, causes, and consequences of detention for women with disabilities, including those that are unique to and experienced disproportionately by them.
July 31, 2018 ONE.pl and WEI Submission to the CRPD Committee for its Review of Poland. This submission documents a range of human rights violations against women and girls with disabilities in Poland—from abusive sexual and reproductive health care to lower rates of employment and education, higher rates of gender-based violence, and invisibility in public life, among many others—and provides recommendations to the CRPD Committee for its Sept. 4-5 review of Poland.
July 31, 2018 WEI and South Africa Partners Submission to the CRPD Committee for its Review of South Africa WEI partnered with Cape Mental Health, Centre for Human Rights at The University of Pretoria, Epilepsy South Africa, Khuluma Family Counselling, Lawyers for Human Rights, Port Elizabeth Mental Health, SA Federation for Mental Health, and The Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children. This report describes human rights violations against women and girls with disabilities in South Africa.
June 22, 2018 WEI Statement on US Withdrawal from the Human Rights Council
On June 19, 2018, the current government of the United States chose to withdraw its membership from the UN Human Rights Council, which is responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. Women Enabled International is deeply concerned about this decision, as it further illustrates a declining commitment to human rights, including the rights of women and girls with disabilities, by the US government.
Read WEI's full statement here
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- Social Media & Press Relations Intern Summer/Fall 2018
- Ext. Funded Intl Legal Fellow Fall 2018/Spring 2019
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