Women and girls with disabilities 2016, para. 39
Paragraph- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Paragraph text
- Women with disabilities face multiple barriers to the enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights, equal recognition before the law and access to justice, which are addressed below. In addition to barriers resulting from multiple discrimination on the grounds of gender and disability, some women with disabilities, such as refugees, migrants and asylum seekers, face additional barriers because they are denied access to healthcare. Likewise, women with disabilities may face harmful eugenic stereotypes when it is assumed that women with disabilities give birth to children with disabilities and are thus discouraged or prevented from realizing their right to motherhood .
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Treaty bodies: CRPD - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- CRPD General Comment No. 3, Women and girls with disabilities (2016), para. 39.
- Paragraph number
- 39
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