CRPD/C/7 - Guidelines on identifying and addressing intersectional discrimination against girls, adolescents, women and older women with disabilities-adopted on 27 August 2026

Background

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities invites States Parties to the Convention, organizations of persons with disabilities and other civil society organizations, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and independent monitoring mechanisms, Equality bodies, regional organizations, academia, and all other concerned stakeholders to submit written contributions to the following zero-draft of the Draft Guidelines on identifying and addressing intersectional discrimination against women and girls with disabilities.

How to contribute

1. Identify the document or documents to which you intend to contribute
   Draft guidelines on intersectional discrimination against women and girls with disabilities (English)
2. Do not include comments in the zero-draft.
3. Create a separate document in Word ONLY
   1. First identify your organization.
   2. Second: Indicate the zero draft you are contributing to.
   3. Third: indicate the number of the paragraph you are referring to.
   4. Fourth: Insert your comment or proposal immediately after the number of the paragraph.
   5. Comments can be provided in English, French, and Spanish.

Example

Organization: title

Contribution to the zero draft on disability-based violence

Comment /proposal to paragraph 36: please replace the word “violence”, with “violence, exploitation and abuse”

How inputs will be used?

Inputs received will be used in the adoption of the Guidelines on identifying and addressing intersectional discrimination against women and girls with disabilities