Sexual violence against women with disabilities includes rape . Sexual abuse occurs in all scenarios within both state and non-state institutions, within the family or the community . Some women with disabilities, in particular, deaf and deafblind women , and women with intellectual disabilities, may be further at risk of violence and abuse because of their isolation, dependency or oppression.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Type de document
General Comment / Recommendation
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Equality & Inclusion
Violence
Personnes concernées
Girls
Persons with disabilities
Women
Année
2016
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
CRPD General Comment No. 3, Women and girls with disabilities (2016), para. 33.