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Article 6 – Women With Disabilities, Roxanne Mykitiuk, Ena Chadha
Article 6 – Women With Disabilities, Roxanne Mykitiuk, Ena Chadha
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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (‘CRPD’ or ‘Convention’) is a milestone achievement for women and girls with disabilities, with its inclusion of a gender-sensitive approach and Article 6, which speaks directly to gender-disability discrimination. Prior to the CRPD, most international human rights instruments failed to address both disability and gender in their provisions. Many instruments were attuned to either gender to the exclusion of disability, or disability to the exclusion of gender. The recognition of the unique experiences of gender and disability-based discrimination animates the spirit behind several of the CPRD’s provisions and, specifically, the content …
Let's Disable Her Further, Shall We? The Cast Of Gender On Disability Rights In The Iranian Context, Hengameh Saberi
Let's Disable Her Further, Shall We? The Cast Of Gender On Disability Rights In The Iranian Context, Hengameh Saberi
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Mandatory Minimum Sentences And Women With Disabilities, Fiona Sampson
Mandatory Minimum Sentences And Women With Disabilities, Fiona Sampson
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
This article examines the issue of mandatory minimum sentencing from the unique perspective of women with disabilities. Concerns about the discriminatory application of mandatory minimum sentences are outlined and analyzed from a gendered disability perspective, as are concerns about the devaluation of the lives of persons with disabilities through the support of reduced sentences for those convicted of murdering persons with disabilities. This examination makes it clear that the different concerns of women with disabilities are difficult to reconcile, as they mandate contradictory positions with respect to the possible abolition of the sentencing practice. The challenges inherent in the development …