Mexicanas con Discapacidad and Women Enabled International Submission to the CRPD Committee, 26th session, for the Review of Mexico

By Mexicanas con Discapacidad and Women Enabled International

WEI and Mexicanas con Discapacidad submitted an alternative report for the CRPD Committee’s review of Mexico.

The report provides a brief overview of some of the human rights violations women and girls with disabilities face in Mexico and recommendations on how to address those issues. Among the issues highlighted are: violations to sexual and reproductive rights; violations  of the right to health; limited access to justice for violence against women with disabilities; deprivation of legal capacity; discrimination and stereotypes concerning women with disabilities, and the Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rights of women and girls with disabilities.

You can find other documents we published in the context of the CRPD Committee’s 26th Session here:

• WEI’s Statement at the opening of the 26th session of the CRPD Committee
• Comments to the CRPD Committee: Draft General Comment on the Right of Persons with Disabilities to Work and Employment