The Intersections of the CEDAW and CRPD: Putting Women's Rights and Disability Rights into Action in Four Asian Countries

This report examines a new model built on advancing a cross-section, human rights platform of action. A four-country project in the Asian region provided the focus for an innovative human rights practice which integrates the interaction between different social movements, analytical insights, and concrete political strategies and practices. The model built on a framework that included analysis of the intersections between the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in order to challenge multiple forms of human rights violations against women and children with disabilities. This report, also authored by de Silva-de Alwis, is based on the pilot projects and research conducted by the Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association; the Forum for Women, Law and Development in Nepal; Mekea Strey in Cambodia, and the Asia Cause Lawyer Network in India. Partial funding for this project was provided by a grant from the Open Society Institute.