Statement

All women and girls – including those with disabilities – have a right to bodily autonomy

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Events

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2023

calendar_today03 December 2023

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News

Inclusive safe spaces give Yemeni women with disabilities a chance to be their own breadwinners

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Nabila sits with a group of women as they learn how to sew and tailor clothes in a livelihood skills training course, held at a UNFPA-supported safe space in Yemen’s Al Hudaydah governorate. © UNFPA Yemen
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Press release

UNFPA announces winners of the AccessAbility innovation challenge

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jun 2023

Resources

The UNFPA We Decide Programme: A Catalyst for Disability Inclusion

The We Decide Global Programme is the UNFPA flagship initiative to promote rights and choices for women and young persons with disabilities. This booklet displays the main achievements of the We Decide Programme in catalyzing change for disability inclusion in UNFPA. It presents partners and potential donors with a broad understanding of the programme as well as the opportunities for scaling the work on disability inclusion in order to leave no one behind when it comes to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Updates

UNFPA supports inclusion through sport at the Special Olympics World Games 2023

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Participants at the Special Olympics World Games 2023 in Berlin. © Tilo Wiedensohler/Special Olympics
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Publisher

UNICEF, UN Women, WHO, ILO, FAO, UNDP, UNFPA and UNPRPD

Publication date

May 2023

Resources

Working together to ensure the right of girls with disabilities to live free from violence

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jul 2023

Resources

Manifesto on Meaningful Youth Engagement for Youth with Disabilities

This manifesto discusses the ways in which young people should be involved in decision-making spaces for them to be truly youth-and-disability inclusive. It provides recommendations for both youth and adult stakeholders on how to transform advocacy spaces and shift power dynamics.

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jul 2023

Resources

The ABC of Bodily Autonomy for Youth with Disabilities

In this publication, we talk about the experience of youth with disabilities and the barriers to accessing SRHR. It also gives us an introduction to tools like the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and to the basic rights necessary to guarantee the bodily autonomy of youth with disabilities.

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Mar 2023

Number of pages

16

Publication

Technical brief - Disability inclusion in UNFPA’s programmes: Making it a reality

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