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Women Enabled International
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WHERE ARE THE GIRLS AND WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES? AN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES OF
COUNTRY REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN 59
Women Enabled International remains concerned that the Beijing+20
process will not address the human rights of women and girls with disabilities.
Our look at a small sample of the country reports prepared by governments tells
us the harsh truth that most governments completely failed to address women and
girls with disabilities in their country reports to UN Women.
Beijing+20 is a process to assess how far Member States and other
stakeholders have come in implementing the commitments made at the Fourth World Conference on Women
in Beijing, China in 1995. The UN called upon all States to undertake
comprehensive national-level reviews of
the progress made and challenges encountered in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform
For Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third
special session of the General Assembly.
However, without data on and analysis of the situation of women and girls with
disabilities, the CSW59 will fail to monitor, review and appraise progress
achieved and problems encountered in implementing the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action as they relate to women and girls with disabilities,
despite the fact that world leaders have committed to 12 critical areas of
concern.
A discussion of the Beijing+20 critical areas of concern regarding the rights
of women and girls with disabilities, as enumerated in the Beijing Declaration
and the CRPD, must have a prominent place in country reports by governments and
the CSW59 Beijing+20 review Process.