Promoting human rights for women and girls with disabilities
Liliane Fonds advocates for the human rights of women and girls with disabilities to be respected, protected and fulfilled. We believe that women and girls with disabilities deserve the same opportunities to live happy, safe and economically empowered lives as everyone else. It is estimated that one billion (1 in 7) of the world’s population are persons living with a disability. According to the UN 80% of those people live in Lower and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) where 80% of persons with disabilities live below the poverty line, with women and girls being disproportionately affected.
The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) starts Monday 11 march with the theme of “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective”.