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Women and girls with disabilities are recognized to be multiply disadvantaged, experiencing exclusion because of their gender and their disability.
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CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/ConventionRightsPersonsWithDisabilities.aspx
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The
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities calls for civil society
inputs on the implementation of measures of accessibility for persons with
disabilities.
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February 2012 - The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is requesting civil society inputs on the implementation of
measures of accessibility for persons with disabilities (Article 9 of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).
Article 9 of the Convention requires that State Parties take appropriate
measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with
others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and
communications, including information and communications technologies and
systems and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public,
both in urban and in rural areas.
The papers should be submitted no later than 15 March 2012 to crpd@ohchr.org in Word format.
The Committee welcomes practical and theoretical papers focusing as on:
1. The relation between Article 9 and Article 5 (Equality and non-discrimination);
2. The nature of accessibility as defined in Article 9 and other relevant
articles of the Convention whether it is a principle, a right, a precondition
for full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in society and
for their liberty of movement, or all of the above;
3. The aspects of progressive realization of accessibility and the relation
between accessibility and reasonable accommodation;
4. The input, mandate and competences of various national stakeholders the
public authorities, expert associations (e.g. Chambers of Architects and
Engineers), the academia and the civil society (in particular the organizations
of persons with disabilities) in defining the national accessibility
standards and monitoring its implementation;
5. The examples of good practice in promotion of universal design and
accessibility, funding and realization of regional, national and local action
plans for accessibility and the removal of barriers in physical environment,
public transport, information and communication and access to services opened
to the public.
The Committee calls upon the persons with disabilities, their organizations and other civil society actors, expert associations, educational and scientific institutions, national human rights institutions, State Parties and regional organizations to submit concise papers in English, Spanish or Arabic on the above-mentioned subjects related to the implementation of the Article 9 of the Convention.