Sexual harassment against women with disabilities in the world of work and on campus UN Women
Contributor(s): UN Women.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : UN Women, 2020Description: electronic document (36 pages) ; PDF file.Subject(s): DISABLED PEOPLE | DISCRIMINATION | GENDER EQUALITY | HUMAN RIGHTS | INTERSECTIONALITY | JUSTICE | PREVENTION | SEXUAL HARASSMENT | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | TERTIARY EDUCATION | TERTIARY STUDENTS | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) | INTERNATIONALOnline resources: Download report, PDF, 325 KB | Read summary Summary: This discussion paper has been developed with the benefit of consultations with women with disabilities to place their experiential knowledge at the core of the work to end sexual harassment. It builds from the work of two previous publications: “Towards an end to sexual harassment: The urgency and nature of change in the era of #MeToo” (2018) and “What will it take? Promoting cultural change to end sexual harassment” (2019). This paper contributes to the development of intersectional approaches for addressing sexual harassment as it manifests in the lives of women with disabilities. It also offers advice and support for policy makers to address the urgency of: strengthening efforts to end discrimination against women in the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities; and centring disability rights and community knowledge in work to end discrimination against women. This paper contributes to these objectives, acknowledging the limited documentation of experiences of sexual harassment (or sexual violence) and disability. (From the website). Record #6833Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Published August 2020
This discussion paper has been developed with the benefit of consultations with women with disabilities to place their experiential knowledge at the core of the work to end sexual harassment. It builds from the work of two previous publications:
“Towards an end to sexual harassment: The urgency and nature of change in the era of #MeToo” (2018) and
“What will it take? Promoting cultural change to end sexual harassment” (2019).
This paper contributes to the development of intersectional approaches for addressing sexual harassment as it manifests in the lives of women with disabilities. It also offers advice and support for policy makers to address the urgency of: strengthening efforts to end discrimination against women in the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities; and centring disability rights and community knowledge in work to end discrimination against women.
This paper contributes to these objectives, acknowledging the limited documentation of experiences of sexual harassment (or sexual violence) and disability. (From the website). Record #6833