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Written jointly with UNFPA, Women and Young Persons with Disabilities: Guidelines for Providing Rights-Based and Gender-Responsive Services to Address Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights provides practical and concrete guidelines for making GBV and SRHR services more inclusive and accessible to women and young persons with disabilities and for targeting interventions to meet their disability-specific needs.
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#DYK: The 🌍 has 180-220 million young persons with disabilities who have the same right to live FREE from violence as youth without disabilities? #DisabilityInclusion #CommitToChange Read more: https://bit.ly/WEI-UNFPA-Guidelines Copy to Clipboard
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Comprehensive Sex Education - aka CSE - is important for everyone! Including young people with disabilities! Everyone should have access to quality CSE that is #gender and #disability inclusive. 💞🌈 #DisabilityInclusion #CommittToChange Check out: https://bit.ly/WEI-UNFPA-Guidelines Copy to Clipboard
Text reads, "The Myth. Young People with Disabilities are asexual and do not have intimate relationships. The Truth. Young people with disabilities are just as likely to be sexually active and form intimate relationships as their peers without disabilities but are less likely to have access to comprehensive sexuality education." A colorful illustration of young person using a wheelchair holding and gazing into the eyes of their partner who is sitting on their lap. Copy to Clipboard
Confidentiality is key when providing #SRHR and #GBV services to young people with disabilities. 🔑 Learn more about making #SRHR and #GBV services youth and disability-inclusive and safe by checking out @WomenEnabled's and @UNFPA's Guidelines. https://bit.ly/WEI-UNFPA-Guidelines Copy to Clipboard
Against a white background framed with swirling bright colors, the text reads,"5 ways to make GBV services more youth-friendly. 1. Treat young persons with disabilities with respect and protect their confidentiality. 2. Train staff to recognize signs of GBV against young persons with disabilities, especially potential GBV from a caregiver. 3. Ensure facilities are accessible and services are free. 4. Share accessible information on social media and online. 5. Utilize peer educators and organizations led by disabled youth." In the corner is an illustration of a girl wearing a headscarf and an eyepatch reading a book is in the bottom right corner. Copy to Clipboard
Women and young people with disabilities experience unique forms of violence because of both their gender and disability. They need #GBV and #SRHR services that are: 🏨Available ♿️Accessible ✅Acceptable 💜Good quality Learn more: https://bit.ly/WEI-UNFPA-Guidelines Copy to Clipboard
Text reads, "Young persons with disabilities need access to essential #GBV services including: Health, justice and policing, protection, rehabilitation."Above each essential service is an icon representing their meaning. A red heart, a gavel, a lock, and a house, respectively. In the bottom right corner is an illustration of a person with a prosthetic leg using a laptop. Copy to Clipboard
