The following list of submissions to the CRPD Guidelines on multiple and intersectional discrimination against women and girls with disabilities was jointly drafted and submitted by different and diverse organizations and individuals throughout the world.

CRPD Guidelines for women, girls and gender-diverse people with disabilities focus on combatting intersecting discrimination, promoting rights in justice, health and education -among others-, to address gender-specific barriers and ensure diverse voices are heard.

Joint submissions led by WEI

These submissions were jointly drafted and submitted by the following organizations and individuals: Advocacy for Women with Disabilities Initiative–Nigeria; Asia Pacific Indigenous Women with Disabilities Network; Disabled Women in Africa; Disability Rights Fund; Diverse Empowerment Foundation; Humanity & Inclusion; National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal; Rising Flame; Sruti Disability Rights Centre, India; Transforming Communities for Inclusion (TCI Global); Triumph Mental Health Support (TRIUMPH); Validity Foundation-Mental Disability Advocacy Centre; Women Enabled International; Women Spaces Africa; Dr. Magda(lena) Szarota; Nelly Bassily; Pamela Molina; Clare Gibellini.

• Selected recommendations of framing (including, structural definition of intersectional discrimination, recognition of colonialism among root causes of intersectional discrimination, gender-rights framing and transgender rights) – (File Download)

• Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Bodily Autonomy, and Sexuality.

• Inclusion, Participation, and Leadershipof Women, Girls, and Gender Diverse People with Disabilities.

Submissions by partners supported by WEI:

• Experiences of Women, Girls, and Gender Diverse Persons with Disabilities in Climate Change, Submitted by: The National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN), Diverse Empowerment Foundation, WomenEnabled International
• Submission on the CRPD Guidelines on Discrimination againstWomen and Girls with Disabilities with Intellectual Disabilities, drafted by group of self-advocates by Inclusion International, Asociación Liber (Liber) and WEI.
• Inequalities in Access to Services for Afro-descendant Girls and Women withDisabilities in Brazil by Vidas Negras com Deficiencia Importam
• Submission focused on intersection of rural women and caste/gender-based discriminations by Sruti Disability Center, with Case Study Inputs from Kiran Nayak. Bof Karnataka Vikalchethanara Sangatane KVS.
• Submission on SRHR and gender and sexual diversity in Kenya and Uganda by Diverse Empowerment Foundation, Uganda and Women Spaces Africa, Kenya
• Submission on Experiences of Indigenous Women and Girls with Disabilities Globally by: The National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal(NIDWAN), Asia Pacific Indigenous Women and Girls with Disabilities Network(APIWGN)
• Gender-Based Violence and Disability A Shadow Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the United States Gender and DisabilityJustice Alliance

Information: all the submissions from various civil society organizations to theCRPD Committee for the call for written submissions on the draft guidelines onaddressing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination against women andgirls with disabilitiescan be found here.