In the 3rd Cycle of UPR, States commended the government’s efforts to improve
healthcare, education, and employment for persons with disabilities. Other States
encouraged the government to take the following measures to ensure rights of persons
with disabilities: improve access to justice, ratify the Optional Protocol on the CRPD,
ensure implementation of laws, guarantee the rights of persons with disabilities,
guarantee equal access to public services by persons with disabilities, strengthen labor
and economic policies for persons with disabilities, equal access to public facilities and
services, social and health insurance for children with disabilities.
Summary of Recommendations from Consultative Meetings with Women with
Disabilities
The following are the major and particular recommendations provided by stakeholders
to remove the barriers to isolation of women with disabilities, eliminate discrimination
on the basis of disability and gender, and promote human rights of women with
disabilities:
1. Law and policy reform to ensure protection and promotion of the rights of
women with disabilities
Existing laws should be reviewed and in particular to repeal laws discriminatory to
women with disabilities and strengthen policies which protect and promote their rights
at the national and local government levels. The national agencies and local
government units should actively formulate policies, programs and services supporting
women with disabilities.
Immediate action should be taken in reviewing the Magna Carta for PWDs and related
laws to expand the provision for�� reasonable accommodation, provide personal
assistance services to PWDs, and ensure sufficient public spending for
disability-related programs and services.
The legislative body should take active measures to ensure institutionalization of the
annual budget for programs and services for persons with disabilities.
2. Improve and institutionalize data collection systems on the situation of women
with disabilities
Launch, support and collaborate on conducting a comprehensive study on the root
causes and barriers to access of women with disabilities. Make consistent efforts to
address invisibility of women with disabilities in government records.
Stakeholders should work towards institutionalization in national statistical instruments,
systematic mechanisms for data gathering and reporting across development
indicators including, but not limited to: political participation, health, education, access
to justice, employment, violence, disaster risk reduction, and social protection.
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