Inclusive approaches to GBV prevention and response in humanitarian emergencies: learning from women at the frontlines of humanitarian action and disability rights
Ms. #Manique Gunaratne was a speaker at the Virtual public event in the margins of the 13th Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of People with #Disabilities (CoSP13 CRPD) in December 2020, Organized by CARE, Community Association for Vulnerable Persons (CAVP, Cameroon), National Union of Women with Disabilities of Uganda (NUWODU) and Women Enabled International. Co-sponsored by Permanent Mission to Mexico to the UN, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN and UNICEF. We have known for years that people with disabilities are often excluded from programs and services designed to prevent and respond to GBV in humanitarian emergencies. More recently with the onset of COVID-19 and the GBV ‘shadow pandemic’ it has triggered, women and girls with disabilities are being left out and left behind in even greater numbers. They may be isolated in their homes, overlooked during needs assessments and not consulted in the design or evaluation...