Gender equality and a Human Rights Based Approach are two of Sweden’s mainstreaming areas in all development cooperation.
Sweden/Sida will continue to work towards ensuring that partners and initiatives that receive funding are committed to integrating persons with disabilities as well as gender equality in their work and actions.
Sweden/Sida is funding a number of organisations and initiatives that more focused include women and girls with disabilities, e.g. UNFPA, UNICEF and UN WOMEN, including UN Women’s Strategy on the Empowerment of Women and Girls with Disabilities: Towards Full and Effective Participation and Gender Equality, Creating Resources for Empowerment and Action Inc. (CREA), and Association of Women’s Rights in Development (AWID).