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INWWD - International Network of Women with Disabilities

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The participants in a global Summit on the Rights of Women with Disabilities, held in Quebec, Canada, in August 2008, launched a global network of women with disabilities, which aims to include women with ALL types of disabilities from ALL over the world. The goals of the network are to share our knowledge and experiences, speak up for our rights (through the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the human rights framework), bring about change and inclusion in our communities, and empower women with disabilities to be leaders of today and tomorrow. We invite ALL women with disabilities to join us and we will achieve these goals TOGETHER.

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Global Summit on the Rights of Women with Disabilities

 

 A Call for Action: Claiming Our Rights

 

  Women with disabilities have been the world's forgotten sisters. There are

 

over 300 million women with disabilities around the world, representing a

 

huge and important part of society. We face multiple forms of

 

discrimination.

 

  We, the participants in a global Summit on the Rights of Women with

 

Disabilities, held in Quebec, Canada, in August 2008, have come together to

 

claim our rights, through the Convention on the Rights of Persons with

 

Disabilities (CRPD), Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against

 

Women (CEDAW) and the human rights framework. Today, we take the first,

 

historic step by creating a global network of women with disabilities, which

 

must include women with ALL types of disabilities from ALL over the world.

 

  We will use this network to share our knowledge and experiences, speak up

 

for our rights, bring about change and inclusion in our communities, and

 

empower women with disabilities to be leaders of today and tomorrow. We

 

invite ALL women with disabilities to join us and we will achieve these

 

goals TOGETHER.

 

  Adopted on August 27, 2008, Quebec, Canada





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