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From CEDAW to Convention on the rights of From CEDAW to Convention on the rights of persons with disabilitiespersons with disabilities
Disabled women and girls’ rights Disabled women and girls’ rights becoming a realitybecoming a reality
Lydia la Rivière-ZijdelLydia la Rivière-ZijdelInternational Consultant Gender and Disability Chair DCDDInternational Consultant Gender and Disability Chair DCDD
European Conference on Disability & Development CooperationEuropean Conference on Disability & Development Cooperation IDDC 20-21 November 2006, BrusselsIDDC 20-21 November 2006, Brussels
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Disabled women and girls and UN Disabled women and girls and UN ConventionsConventions
• Universal Declaration of the Human Rights (1948)
• Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975)
• Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities van (1993)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CEDAW (1979)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990)
• Beijing Platform for Action (1995)
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DP in Developing countriesDP in Developing countries• > 600 million disabled
people world-wide• In developing countries:
– 70% of the adults – 87% of the children
• Estimations disabled women– 53% in industrial
countries– 58 to 63% in developing
countries
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From Cedaw to CRPwDFrom Cedaw to CRPwD
CEDAW: • For all women!?• Is anti-discrimination
convention
Beijing Platform for Action• First mentioning of disabled
women/girls
Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
• Milestone for women and girls on of August 25th, 2006
1979
2006
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CEDAW (im-) possibilitiesCEDAW (im-) possibilities
• 1979 No mentioning of disabled women/girls
• 1991 Gen. recommendation nr. 19:after 60 periodic (annual) reports: – recommendation to state parties to
include disabled women in reports– special measures on right to
education, employment, health services and social security, and participation in all areas of social and cultural life.
• 1992 Recommendation on violence – Includes mentioning disabled women
• 2004 Gen. recommendation nr. 25– Art. 12 refers to disability and multiple
discrimination
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Beijing Platform for ActionBeijing Platform for Action
• 1995 200 disabled women present in Beijing– from 25 countries– 1st time to attend a women’s
mainstream conference– mentioning of disability in art
32• 2000 1st review
– reference to disabled women• 65 disabled women from 31
countries present
• 2005 2nd review– no reference to disabled
women
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Convention Rights of ChildConvention Rights of Child
• 1990 Mentioning in Art 2– disability and sex– in relation to discrimination
• Art 23– 4 articles referring to
disabled children– no specific mentioning of
disabled girls – no link between sex and
disability• In entire text no mentioning
of gender
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Process to include womenProcess to include women
• Convincing – Disability organisations– Government delegates
• EU member states tough opponents– Especially female delegates
• Fear for loosing out on CEDAW
• Gender = what works for women works for men too!
• Twin-track approach!
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UN Convention RPwDUN Convention RPwD
The most important for disabled women and girls
Art 6 Women with Disabilities– Legal base for women’s rights
Other mentioning
• Preamble (q)– recognition of violence
• Art 3 General principles– equality between men and women
• Art 16 Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse
– women specific legislation– (not all demands met!)
• Art 28 Adequate standard of living and social protection
– social protection programmes and poverty reduction programmes
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Women and girls within the ConventionWomen and girls within the Convention
Mentioning of gender in:• Preamble (s):
– gender perspective in promoting rights• Art 16 Violence
– all forms of exploitation, violence and abuse, including their gender based aspects
– gender and age-sensitive assistance and support
– protection services, gender sensitive– recovery and reintegration: gender
specific needs Mentioning of gender in:• Art 25 Health
– health services, incl. health-related rehabilitation gender-sensitive
• Provide sexual and reproductive health programs
• Art 25 Employment– Protection from harassment
• Art 34 Committee on the rights of PwD– balanced gender representation
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Women and girls within the ConventionWomen and girls within the Convention
Mentioning of sex in:• Preamble (p)
– multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination on the basis
• Art 8 Awareness raising– combat stereotypes, prejudices and
harmful practices incl. based on sex
NOT MENTIONED (within)• Education• Employment• Reproductive Rights• Forced abortion and
sterilisation• International cooperation
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Convention processConvention process
UN Convention requires Paradigm Shift
• from care/charity to autonomy
• from gender neutral to sex-specific
• from colonialism to self government
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from medical model to social model
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I AM AFRAID SO
LYDIA!
DINAH, WE STILL GOT A BIG JOB
TO DO!