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Women Enabled International accountABILITY Toolkit

Women Enabled International’s accountABILITY Toolkit can guide women with disabilities and organizations working on their behalf in using available UN human rights mechanisms to protect their human rights. Bringing the voices and experiences of women and girls with disabilities to the UN human rights system is essential in holding States accountable for their human rights obligations and… Continue reading Women Enabled International accountABILITY Toolkit

Making Violence Prevention Programs Work for Women with Disabilities

Women and girls with disabilities are frequently at high risk for gender-based violence including domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, and coerced abortion and sterilization. Some programs have been successful in preventing, eliminating, and responding to violence, exploitation, and abuse against women and girls with disabilities. The publication, Making it Work initiative on gender and disability inclusion:… Continue reading Making Violence Prevention Programs Work for Women with Disabilities

Using the Inter-American Human Rights System

Introduction Indigenous women and girls with disabilities face marginalization, discrimination, and exclusion on the basis of their indigenous identity, their gender, and their disability status. Protecting their human rights may require both domestic advocacy (within your country) and also regional or international advocacy. In North, Central, and South America, indigenous women with disabilities can use… Continue reading Using the Inter-American Human Rights System

Human Rights Instruments for Women with Disabilities

Women and girls with disabilities face discrimination and accessibility barriers both related to their disability and also related to their gender. Many programs meant to benefit women are inaccessible for women with disabilities. Meanwhile, programs meant to benefit people with disabilities may not meet the needs of women or girls with disabilities. Protecting the human… Continue reading Human Rights Instruments for Women with Disabilities

Toolkit: Violence Elimination against Women with Disabilities

This toolkit is based on information gathered by DPOs on the experiences of women and girls with disabilities in relation to violence. The research looked at the barriers women with disabilities faced in reporting violence, seeking medical assistance, and seeking support such as counseling. Although this publication is targeted at organizations in Fiji, much of… Continue reading Toolkit: Violence Elimination against Women with Disabilities

Decrees, National Plans, and Training Manuals for Vietnam

The attached documents are reports, national plans, national strategies, training materials, standards, guides, and other materials created by Vietnamese governmental bodies, human rights commissions, DPOs, NGO, or other groups between 2006 and 2012. Where possible, Vietnamese and English versions are provided. The language of the document is indicated in the file name.