Session in English

Recording of the eleventh training module of the European project Bridging the gap.

The session entitled “Women and Girls with disabilities” was presented by Mary Keogh, CBM International Director, Disability Inclusive Development Initiative. She talks about international and national policies and programs aimed at removing barriers to the economic and social empowerment of women and girls with disabilities.

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Session in French

Enregistrement du onzième module de formation du projet européen Bridging the gap / Combler l’Écart.

La session intitulée «Femmes et Filles vivant avec un handicap» a été animée par Sophie Pecourt du projet sur le genre et le handicap «Making it Work » de Humanity & Inclusion. Elle y examine l’autonomisation économique et sociale des femmes et filles vivant avec un handicap dans le cadre de l’Agenda 2030 et partage des idées sur les obstacles auxquels des femmes et filles vivant avec un handicap sont confrontées.

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Session in Spanish

Silvia Quan, experta independiente en derechos de las personas con discapacidad, habla sobre la importancia de garantizar la plena participación de las mujeres y niñas con discapacidad, examinando su empoderamiento económico y social den el marco de la Agenda 2030 así como su rol en el movimiento feminista, entre otras cuestiones.

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Please find hereunder the links to the suggested readings for the session.

• 2019 Europen disability Forum (EDF) “European Human Rights Report 3 – Gender and Disability: Women and Girls with Disabilities (Excerpt)”
• 2019 Humanity & Inclusion (the new name of Handicap International) project “Make it Work”.
• 2018 European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) The situation of women with disabilities (exploratory opinion requested by the European Parliament). – Français – Español
• 2018 United Nations Women “Strategy the Empowerment of Women and Girls with Disabilities: Towards Full and Effective Participation and Gender Equality”.
• 2017 United Nations Women “Making the SDGs count for women and girls with disabilities”.
• 2016 reference the CRPD General comment no 3 on women and girls with disabilities. French version. Spanish version.
• 2016 Light for the World “Women and Disability”.
• 2016 United Nations Department of economic and social affairs – Disability “the Situation of women and girls with disabilities and the Status of CRPD”.
• 2016 International Disability and Development consortium (IDDC) “Fact Sheet Women and Girls with Disabilities”.
• 2013 CBM submission on women and girls with disabilities to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as requested by CRPD/C/8/3.
• CBM “The 3P’s for inclusion of women with disabilities The Personal, The Political, The Policy”.