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Women and girls with disabilities 2016, para. 59 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Women represent a disproportionate percentage of the world's poor as a consequence of discrimination, leading to a lack of choice and opportunities, especially formal employment income. Poverty is both a compounding factor and the result of multiple discrimination. Older women with disabilities, especially, face many difficulties in accessing adequate housing, they are more likely to be institutionalized and do not have equal access to social protection and poverty reduction programs . | Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | General Comment / Recommendation |
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Women and girls with disabilities 2016, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | All measures must ensure the full development, advancement and empowerment of women with disabilities. Although development relates to economic growth and eradication of poverty, it is not limited to these fields. While gender and disability-sensitive development in the field of, among others, education, employment, income generation, and relating to combating violence may be appropriate measures to ensure the full economic empowerment of women with disabilities, additional measures are necessary with regard to health, political and cultural and sports participation. | Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | General Comment / Recommendation |
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