We will focus on long-lasting and transformational change in the lives of women with disabilities. We will do this by: supporting diverse and independent women’s movements and feminist action that is inclusive of women with disabilities; taking collective action at international level, including creating platforms for disabled women’s rights activists to advocate for change and advocating for effective implementation of CRPD and CEDAW; and by living our feminist values and taking a disability inclusive approach in all that we do.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
Ongoing with partners during the lifetime of the Womankind Worldwide Strategy – 2016 – 2021.
Together with women’s movements, and through our partnerships with WROs, we will work towards eliminating VAWG against women with disabilities, helping women with disabilities realise and claim their economic rights and control over resources, and supporting women with disabilities’ equal influence in decision-making and ability to exercise political power. In doing so we will take an intersectional approach to all our work, recognising that women with disabilities face multiple and intersecting discriminations. However, we commit to understanding, researching and documenting their specific experiences of discrimination which are unique and not simply the sum of different discriminations.