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Article
6 - Women with Disabilities
Background
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6 Background
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Compilation of proposed revisions and amendments made by the members of the Ad Hoc Committee to the draft text presented by the Working Group as a basis for negotiations by Member States and Observers in the Ad Hoc Committee
(updated after the completion of the first reading at the Fourth Session, 26 August 2004)
(Proposed article 15 bis: Women with Disabilities
1. State Parties undertake to ensure the enjoyment of full and equal rights
and freedoms by women with disabilities and their equal participation in political,
economic, social and cultural activities without any discrimination on the basis
of their gender and/or disabilities.
2. State Parties shall take the following steps from a gender perspective so
as to ensure that women with disabilities are able to live with dignity in freedom,
safety, and autonomy.
(a) Include a separate reference to the protection of the rights of women with
disabilities in laws pertaining to women and persons with disabilities;
(b) Incorporate women with disabilities in social surveys and statistics collection
efforts and collect gender-disaggregated data on persons with disabilities;
(c) Protect the motherhood of women with disabilities by developing and disseminating
policies and programs for assistance based on the recognition of the special
needs of women with disabilities in pregnancy, childbirth and post-partum health
care and child care;
(d) Ensure that women with disabilities are not deprived of their right to work
due to their pregnancy or childbirth, and provide the necessary assistances
in this regard;
(e) Ensure that women with disabilities are protected from sexual exploitation,
abuse and violence at home, institutional facilities and communities. — Republic
of Korea)