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Women and girls with disabilities are equal rights holders, not ‘helpless objects of pity’ – UN rights committee

Women and girls with disabilities are equal rights holders, not ‘helpless objects of pity’ – UN rights committee

Aug 31, 2016, at 01:56 pm

New York, Aug 31 (Just Earth News): Noting that national policies often tend to treat women and girls with disabilities as helpless objects of pity or allow them to be treated in that manner, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has stressed that, instead, they need to be empowered and allowed to enjoy their fundamental rights and freedoms, as any other person.

Women and girls should be at core of disaster risk reduction, UN human rights monitors told

Women and girls should be at core of disaster risk reduction, UN human rights monitors told

Mar 01, 2016, at 03:21 pm

New York, Mar 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Women and girls need to be at the core of disaster risk reduction, given that they often bear the brunt of climate change and hazards such as storms and floods, United Nations experts tasked with monitoring implementation of a landmark UN convention on ending discrimination against women heard on Monday.