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Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 24

Paragraph text: Furthermore, in many parts of the world, girls and young women with disabilities are often entirely excluded from the education system, or otherwise isolated from their communities at home or in institutions, and are without any access to sexuality education. The lack of equal access to inclusive and quality education affects, in particular, girls and young women with disabilities in conflict, post-conflict or other humanitarian situations, especially those who are refugees, internally displaced, migrants or asylum seekers; deprived of their liberty in hospitals, residential institutions, juvenile or correctional facilities; or homeless or living in poverty. Girls and young women in such situations are at heightened risk of being subjected to physical or sexual abuse and contracting sexually transmitted infections.

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Paragraph text: Persons with disabilities belonging to groups that have been historically discriminated against or disadvantaged (such as indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities and persons living with HIV/AIDS) are disproportionately affected in accessing support arrangements and services. This also applies to migrants, persons living in conflict situations, internally displaced persons, refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons and prisoners with disabilities, as humanitarian responses tend to overlook their support needs. Moreover, there is a strong link between belonging to a racial and cultural minority and experiencing coercion and institutionalization. Policies and programmes to ensure access to support must seek to overcome the impact of the multiple and aggravated forms of discrimination faced by persons with disabilities belonging to these groups in accessing support.

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Paragraph text: The Special Rapporteur looks forward to working closely together with other special procedures mandate holders and aims, as an initial step, to contact all mandate holders with a call to harmonize efforts and build upon each other's work. Attention will be paid to the mandate's call to address multiple and aggravated forms of discrimination by working in close collaboration with other mandates focusing on groups, such as the mandate holders on the rights of indigenous peoples, violence against women, the sale of children, the human rights of migrants, minority issues and internally displaced persons, older persons and discrimination against women in law and in pPractice. She also sees important connections between her mandate and those focusing on specific economic and social rights, such as the special procedures on the rights to health, education, extreme poverty, adequate housing, water and sanitation, and to food, as well as those focusing on civil and political rights, such as the Special Rapporteur on torture, extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

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