1 WHO and World Bank (2011). World Report on Disability, WHO Press, Geneva, p: 60;
2 See http://www.un.org/womenwatch/enable/
3 CEDAW General recommendation No. 25, on article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, on temporary special measures para 12.
4 CEDAW/C/2010/47/GC.2, para. 18.
5 See, for example, CRPD/C/SLV/CO/1, para.17; CRPD/C/UKR/CO/1, para. 9.
6 See, for example, CRPD/C/AUT/CO/1, para. 17, CRPD/C/ECU/CO/1, para.16.
7 See, for example, CRPD/C/BRA/CO/1, para.16; CRPD/C/EU/CO/1, para. 20
8 See, for example, CRPD/C/MEX/CO/1, para. 34, CRPD/C/AZE/CO/1, para. 18.
9 See, for example, CRPD/C/ARG/CO/1, para. 31.
10 See, for example, CRPD/C/BEL/CO/1, para. 30.
11 See, for example, CRPD/C/AUS/CO/1, para.16, CRPD/C/CHN/CO/1, paras. 57, 65 and 90.
12 See, for example, CRPD/C/SLV/CO/1, para.37; CRPD/C/CZE/CO/1, para. 34
13 See, for example, CRPD/C/MUS/CO/1, para. 29; CRPD/C/NZL/1, para. 37.
14 See, for example, CRPD/C/GAB/CO/1, para. 40; CRPD/C/KEN/CO/1, para. 33.
15 See, for example, CRPD/C/DOM/CO/1, para. 33.CRPD/C/PRY/CO/1, para.16.
16 See, for example, CRPD/C/HRV/CO/1, para. 23; CRPD/C/SLO/CO/1, para. 55.
17 See, for example, CRPD/C/QAT/CO/1, para. 13, CRPD/C/ECU/CO/1, paras. 12 and 16.
18 See, for example, CRPD/C/CRI/CO/1, para.13, CRPD/C/ECU/CO/1, para.16.
19 See, for example, CRPD/C/SWE/CO/1, para.13, CRPD/C/KOR/CO/1, para.13.
20 See, for example, CRPD/C/AZE/CO/1, para.16, CRPD/C/ESP/CO/1, para. 21.
21 See, for example, CRPD/C/DNK/CO/1, para. 18, CRPD/C/NZL/CO/1, para. 16.
22 CEDAW General Recommendation No. 25, on article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, on temporary special measures para 12.
23 See CRPD/C/MUS/CO/1, CRPD/C/BRA/CO/1, CRPD/C/CZE/CO/1, CRPD/C/DNK/CO/1, CRPD/C/AUS/CO/1, CRPD/C/SWE/CO/1, CRPD/C/DEU/CO/1, among others.
24 See, for example, CEDAW/C/HUN/CO/7-8 and Corr.1, para. 45.
25 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, general comment No. 2 (2014) on accessibility.
26 See Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, general comment No. 20 (2009) on non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights, para. 10.
27 Ibid.
28 See article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
29 See A/HRC/20/5 and Corr.1, para. 24.
30 See Human Rights Committee, general comments No. 18 (1989) on non-discrimination, para. 9, and No. 28 (2000) on the equality of rights between men and women, para. 31; Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, general comment No. 20, para. 11; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, general recommendation No. 28, para. 9; and Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, general comment No. 25 (2000) on gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination, paras. 1 and 2.
31 See A/HRC/31/62, para. 70.
32 See art. 4 (1) (d) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
33 See joint general recommendation No. 31 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women/general comment No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2014) on harmful practices, footnote 6.
34 See art. 4 (1) (c) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
35 See A/67/227, para. 13.
36 See CRPD/C/HRV/CO/1, para. 9.
37 See A/HRC/24/57, para. 74
38 See CRPD/C/MEX/CO/1, para.37.
39 See A/67/227, para. 35.
40 See CRPD/C/BRA/CO/1, para. 14.
41 See A/HRC/20/5 and Corr.1, para. 25.
42 See, for example, CRC/C/TGO/CO/3-4, para. 8 and 39.
43 The State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.13.XX.1).
44 See A/HRC/20/5 and Corr.1, para. 24.
45 Ibid.
46 See joint general recommendation No. 31 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women/general comment No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2014) on harmful practices,, para. 7.
47 Ibid., para. 9
48 See A/HRC/20/5 and Corr.1,, para. 24
49 Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences
50 See A/67/227, para. 36
51 See Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, general comment No. 22 (2016) on the right to sexual and reproductive health, para. 18
52 See, for example, CRPD/C/MEX/CO/1, para. 50 (b)
53 See Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, general comment No. 2 (2014) on accessibility, para. 40, and, for example, CRPD/C/DOM/CO/1, para. 46
54 See A/HRC/20/5 and Corr.1, para. 37
55 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Population Fund, UNICEF and WHO, “Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization: an interagency statement” (WHO, 2014)
56 See Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, general comment No. 1 (2014) on equal recognition before the law, para. 35
57 Ibid., para. 31. See also art. 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and art. 15 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
58 See See Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, general comment No. 2 (2014) on accessibility. 59 Statement of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on disability inclusion for the World Humanitarian Summit, available from the Committee’s web page (www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/CRPDIndex.aspx)
60 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, general comment No. 1 (2014) on equal recognition before the law
61 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 2014: Gender Equality and Sustainable Development (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.14.IV.6)
62 See A/HRC/20/5 and Corr.1, para. 41, and A/67/227, para. 42
63 See A/HRC/20/5 and Corr.1, para. 19
64 Ibid., para. 16
65 Ibid., para. 39
66 See CRPD/C/UKR/CO/1, para. 11
67 See A/HRC/22/53, para. 64
68 See CRPD/C/SWE/CO/1, para. 37. 69 See E/2012/51 and Corr.1
70 See A/HRC/28/37, para. 24
71 See A/HRC/20/5 and Corr.1, para. 40, and A/67/227, para. 67
72 See A/70/297
73 See E/CN.6/2016/3. See also: European Commission, International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization and UN-Women, Handbook on Costing Gender Equality (New York, 2015), available from www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/7/handbook-on-costing-gender-equality; UN-Women, Guidebook on CEDAW General Recommendation no. 30 and the UN Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security (New York, 2015), available from www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/8/guidebook-cedawgeneralrecommendation30-womenpeacesecurity; UN-Women, Guidance Note on Gender Mainstreaming in Development Programming (New York, 2014), available from www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/02/gender-mainstreaming-issues; UN-Women, Guide for the Evaluation of Programmes and Projects with a Gender, Human Rights and Intercultural Perspective (New York, 2014), available from www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2014/7/guide-for-the-evaluation-of-programmes-and-projects-with-a-gender-perspective; UN-Women, Monitoring Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges (New York, 2015), available from www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/9/indicators-position-paper.