HRC55: Interactive Dialogue on the Special Rapporteur Report on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

This oral statement was broadcasted at the 54th Session of the Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on the Special Rapporteur Report on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Click here to watch the video statement.

Dear Special Rapporteur. Thank you for your extensive well detailed intersectional report on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I am Smruti Sudha and I am speaking from the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) where we agree to all the points mentioned in the report. For marginalised group specifically, we recommend

  • Member States pay special attention to women and girls with disabilities living in difficult geographical locations and harsh climatic conditions so that their sexual and reproductive health and rights are made accessible.They live with more vulnerabilities due to the multiple layers of intersecting marginalized identities. While climate change adversely affects the access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, women and girls with disabilities bear the brunt of it in a more adverse manner .
  • Women and girls with disabilities to be included in important decision making and policy making spaces related to climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights thereby adhering to the UNCRPD and Paris Agreement’s resolutions and frameworks of non discrimination and human rights’ obligations.
  • Member States to facilitate sustainable inclusive care mechanisms for women with disabilities living in hierarchical arrangements and building their families’ mutual capacities to ensure strong ungendered care ethics especially around the sexual and reproductive health of women with disabilities.

Vietnam

  • Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP)

Indonesia

  • Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV);
  • CEDAW Working Group;
  • Hollaback! Jakarta;
  • Institut Kapal Perempuan;
  • Kalyanamitra;
  • Komnas Perempuan;
  • Remaja Independen Papua/Independent Youth
    Forum Papua (FRIP/IYFP);
  • Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI);
  • Perkumpulan Lintas Feminis Jakarta;
  • Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi;
  • RUTGERS Indonesia;
  • Sanggar SWARA;
  • Women on Web;
  • Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan (YKP); 
  • YIFOS Indonesia

Maldives

  • Hope for Women
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)
HRC55: Interactive Dialogue on the Special Rapporteur Report on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

This oral statement was broadcasted at the 54th Session of the Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on the Special Rapporteur Report on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Click here to watch the video statement.

Dear Special Rapporteur. Thank you for your extensive well detailed intersectional report on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I am Smruti Sudha and I am speaking from the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) where we agree to all the points mentioned in the report. For marginalised group specifically, we recommend

  • Member States pay special attention to women and girls with disabilities living in difficult geographical locations and harsh climatic conditions so that their sexual and reproductive health and rights are made accessible.They live with more vulnerabilities due to the multiple layers of intersecting marginalized identities. While climate change adversely affects the access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, women and girls with disabilities bear the brunt of it in a more adverse manner .
  • Women and girls with disabilities to be included in important decision making and policy making spaces related to climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights thereby adhering to the UNCRPD and Paris Agreement’s resolutions and frameworks of non discrimination and human rights’ obligations.
  • Member States to facilitate sustainable inclusive care mechanisms for women with disabilities living in hierarchical arrangements and building their families’ mutual capacities to ensure strong ungendered care ethics especially around the sexual and reproductive health of women with disabilities.

Morocco

  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association

India

  • CommonHealth;
  • Love Matters India;
  • Pravah;
  • Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC);
  • SAHAYOG;
  • Sahaj;
  • Sahiyo;
  • SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health;
  • WeSpeakOut;
  • The YP Foundation (TYPF)

Lao PDR

  • Lao Women’s Union;
  • The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Health
    Sciences (UHS)

Sri Lanka

  • Bakamoono;
  • Women and Media Collective (WMC),
  • Youth Advocacy Network – Sri Lanka (YANSL)

Malaysia

  • Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia (FRHAM);
  • Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG);
  • Justice for Sisters (JFS);
  • Reproductive Health Association of
    Kelantan (ReHAK);
  • Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM);
  • Sisters in Islam (SIS)

Maldives

  • Hope for Women;
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Myanmar

  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar

Nepal

  • Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC);
  • Blind Youth Association of Nepal;
  • Blue Diamond Society (BDS);
  • Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA);
  • Visible Impact;
  • Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC);
  • YPEER Nepal;
  • YUWA

Pakistan

  • Aahung, Centre for Social Policy Development (CSPD);
  • Forum for Dignity Initiative (FDI);
  • Gravity Development Organization; Green Circle Organization;
  • Indus Resources Center (IRC);
  • Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aaghai (ITA);
  • Rehnuma – Family Planning Association Pakistan;
  • Shelter
    Participatory Organisation;
  • Shirkat Gah;
  • The Enlight Lab

Philippines

  • Democratic Socalist Women of the Philippines (DSWP);
  • Galang;
  • Healthcare Without Harm;
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities;
  • Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health;
  • Nisa UI Haqq Fi Bangsamoro;
  • PATH Foundation Inc. (PFPI);
  • Women’s Global Network for
    Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Singapore

  • End Female Genital Cutting Singapore
  • Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Mongolia

  • MONFEMNET National Network