ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2024/TP.4
Country: Republic of Djibouti, Republic of Iraq, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Lebanese Republic, State of Palestine, Federal Republic of Somalia, Republic of Sudan, Republic of Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Republic of Yemen
Publication Type: Information material
Cluster: Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development
Focus Area: Gender equality, Inclusive development
Initiatives: Reducing inequalities, Women, peace and security, Gender Justice and the Law, Women’s rights and gender mainstreaming, Arab-European Research Network on Disability , Arab Digital Inclusion Platform, Including persons with disabilities in the labour market, Realizing the rights of persons with disabilities
SDGs: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords: Budgeting, Data collection, Djibouti, Girls, Government policy, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Peace, Persons with disabilities, Programmes of action, Recovery, Social integration, Social justice, Somalia, State of palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, United arab emirates, Women, Women in armed conflicts, Yemen
Working toward disability inclusion in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Arab Region
November 2024
Although women and girls with disabilities often face multifaceted and intersectional discrimination, they are not inherently “vulnerable”. Instead, factors such as inadequate legislation, harmful social practices and the systematic denial of opportunities increase the risk of harm to women and girls with disabilities, and prevent them from fully enjoying their human rights. This is especially true during conflicts or disasters, the impact of which on women and girls with disabilities is particularly severe, and in the context of recovery work, where the potential of women and girls with disabilities to play a role in conflict resolution and development processes is often overlooked.
This paper examines how women and girls with disabilities in the Arab region experience conflict. It also considers what can be done to engage women and girls with disabilities in peace and security work, through National Action Plans to implement the Women, Peace and Security agenda and through other mechanisms.
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Although women and girls with disabilities often face multifaceted and intersectional discrimination, they are not inherently “vulnerable”. Instead, factors such as inadequate legislation, harmful social practices and the systematic denial of opportunities increase the risk of harm to women and girls with disabilities, and prevent them from fully enjoying their human rights. This is especially true during conflicts or disasters, the impact of which on women and girls with disabilities is particularly severe, and in the context of recovery work, where the potential of women and girls with disabilities to play a role in conflict resolution and development processes is often overlooked.
This paper examines how women and girls with disabilities in the Arab region experience conflict. It also considers what can be done to engage women and girls with disabilities in peace and security work, through National Action Plans to implement the Women, Peace and Security agenda and through other mechanisms.
