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What is the Feminist Accessibility Protocol?

The Protocol is a groundbreaking set of 13 accessibility-related commitments to ensure that women, girls, trans, intersex, and nonbinary persons with disabilities are meaningfully included in gender equality events and meetings.  

The Protocol asks States, feminist civil society, United Nations entities, and other feminist actors to make a pledge to ensure that, moving forward, gender equality discussions and decision-making spaces are fully accessible to and inclusive of feminists with disabilities. Each of the 13 commitments in the Protocol is a call for action on a specific aspect of accessibility and inclusivity in feminist events and meetings, including event planning, execution, and follow-up. 

The Protocol also includes an Annex with good practices on accessibility and the outcomes of focus groups on accessibility in gender equality spaces, conducted with 109 women and gender-diverse persons with disabilities from 37 countries to inform the Protocol.

Access the Feminist Accessibility Protocol in various formats:

The Protocol is available in various accessible formats.

To access the English version of the Protocol, click here.
To access the Easy Read version of the Protocol (in English), click here.
To access the International Sign version of the Protocol, click here.
To access the Spanish version of the Protocol, click here.

Who created the Feminist Accessibility Protocol and why?

The Protocol is an initiative of the Inclusive Generation Equality Collective (IGEC), a group of activists with disabilities and allies from around the world that advocates for the inclusion of feminists with disabilities and a disability perspective in gender equality spaces and decisions. The IGEC was formed in January 2021 to engage in the Generation Equality process and other efforts to advance gender equality. 

The Protocol was created as a response to accessibility barriers in gender equality spaces that hindered the participation of feminists with disabilities. In particular, the Generation Equality Forums. The IGEC developed the Protocol to raise awareness about the importance of ensuring accessibility, gather commitments towards accessibility in gender equality spaces, and encourage action from States, feminist organizations, UN entities, and other actors to make those spaces fully accessible to and inclusive of women, girls, trans, intersex, and nonbinary persons with disabilities. 

Sign on to the Feminist Accessibility Protocol

If you are a feminist organization, State, UN entity, or other actor organizing meetings or events on gender equality, we invite you to sign on to the Protocol and join our efforts to create accessible gender equality spaces.