- New Publications — Guaranteeing Rights at the Intersection of Gender and Disability in the COVID-19 ResponseFive resources to guide pandemic response and recovery and seek to set a new standard for future crisis preparation that ensures human rights and inclusion at the intersection of gender and disability. Continue reading New Publications — Guaranteeing Rights at the Intersection of Gender and Disability in the COVID-19 Response
- Joint submission to OHCHR on promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls with disabilities in conflict and post-conflict situationsWEI joined forces with Human Rights Watch, Humanity and Inclusion, International Disability Alliance, and Women’s Refugee Commission to submit this short report on women and girls with disabilities in conflict and post-conflict situations to the U.N. Office of the High Commission for Human Rights. This short report will help promote an intersectional approach to the U.N. Human Rights Council’s forthcoming discussions on the 20th anniversary of a groundbreaking Security Council resolution, focusing on the role of women in ensuring peace and security. Continue reading Joint submission to OHCHR on promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls with disabilities in conflict and post-conflict situations
- Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Preparation of a General Comment on Article 27 of the CRPD (the right to work and employment) This submission highlights how discrimination at the intersection of gender and disability leads to significant pay gaps, unemployment, harassment in the workplace, and other issues that disproportionately impact women and gender non-conforming persons with disabilities as related to work and employment, including as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Continue reading Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Preparation of a General Comment on Article 27 of the CRPD (the right to work and employment)
- Disabled Women in Africa and Women Enabled International: Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee for its Development of Malawi’s List of Issues Prior to Reporting This submission, done in partnership with Disabled Women in Africa (DIWA), highlights human rights abuses against women and girls in Malawi, including in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. Continue reading Disabled Women in Africa and Women Enabled International: Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee for its Development of Malawi’s List of Issues Prior to Reporting
- Feminists with Disabilities Joint Submission to the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls: Women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights in situations of crisis This submission, produced in partnership between Women Enabled International (WEI), My Life My Choice (U.K.), CIMUNIDIS (Chile), Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre (India), Women with Disabilities India Network, HYPE Sri Lan, ka, and Disabled Women in Africa (Malawi), highlights how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women, girls, and gender non-conforming persons with disabilities. Continue reading Feminists with Disabilities Joint Submission to the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls: Women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights in situations of crisis
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