Women and girls with disabilities 2016, para. 37
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- Women with disabilities are subjected to the same harmful practices committed against women without disabilities such as forced marriage, female genital mutilation, crimes committed in the name of so called honour, dowry related violence, widowhood practices and accusations of witchcraft . The consequences of harmful practices goes far beyond social exclusion. It reinforces harmful gender stereotypes, perpetuates inequalities and contributes to discrimination against women and girls. They can result in physical, and psychological violence and economic exploitation. Harmful practice based on patriarchal interpretations of culture cannot be evoked to justify violence against women and girls with disabilities. In addition, women and girls with disabilities are particularly at risk of 'virgin testing' and, regarding HIV/AIDS misbeliefs, "virgin rapes" .
- 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
- Harmful Practices
- 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. 37.
- Paragraph number
- 37
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