16th February, 2012Bratislava

Women living with disabilitiesInternational frameworks

Louise Sperl, Yana Chicherina

The CRPD Convention

• Recognizes that women and girls with disabilities are

subject to multiple forms of discrimination.

• Art. 6: State parties obliged to take measures to ensure

full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and

fundamental freedoms by women and girls with

disabilities.

Nexus CRPD - CEDAW

• General Recommendation No. 18 (1991) on

Disabled women

• CEDAW Concluding Observations

(e.g. Armenia, Turkey, Ukraine)

Nexus CRPD – ILO Conventions

• Convention on Vocational Rehabilitation and

Employment of Disabled Persons (No. 159) of 1983

• ILO Human Resources Development Recommendation

(No. 195) of 2004

• 2001 ILO Code of Practice on Managing Disability in the

Workplace.

Women with disabilities in ECIS

• Reproductive rights• Vulnerability to

violence and sexual exploitation

• Access to education• Employment

opportunities

Addressing rights of women with disabilities in ECIS

• Breaking stigma and stereotypes

• Improving legislation• Empowerment• Reproductive rights• Deinstitualization/

protection from violence

Thank you!