This call for good practices provides both instructions for submitting good practices as well as an application form. Please read carefully the instructions before completing the application form.
This call for good practices provides both instructions for submitting good practices as well as an application form. Please read carefully the instructions before completing the application form.
This call for good practices provides both instructions for submitting good practices as well as an application form. Please read carefully the instructions before completing the application form.
International call for good practices on the elimination and
prevention of and response to violence, abuse and exploitation
of women and girls with disabilities Deadline: June 14, 2014 This call for good practices provides both instructions for submitting good practices as well as an application form. Please read carefully the instructions before completing the application form. able of !ontents TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................. 1 ABOUT THE CALL FOR GOOD PRACTICES: ..................................................................... 1 ABOUT MAKING IT WORK: .................................................................................................... 2 WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT A GOOD PRACTICE? ..................................................... 2 GOOD PRACTICE SUBMISSION PROCESS: ........................................................................ 2 FOCUS OF THE CALL FOR GOOD PRACTICES AND GOOD PRACTICE PRIORITY AREAS: ......................................................................................................................................... 3 GOOD PRACTICE CRITERIA: .............................................................................................. 4 EXAMPLES OF INITIATIVES ILLUSTRATING GOOD PRACTICE CRITERIA BY CRITERIA: ................................................................................................................................... MORE ABOUT THE GENDER AND DISABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE: .............. ! ASSESSMENT OF GOOD PRACTICE SUBMISSIONS: ........................................................ " WHERE TO SEND YOUR COMPLETED #UESTIONNAIRE: .......................................... " "bout the !all for #ood $ractices: Handicap International, in collaboration with a global Gender and Disability Advisory ommittee !Advisory ommittee", is launching an international call for good practices on the elimination, prevention of and response to violence, abuse and exploitation of women and girls with disabilities that lead to their empowerment, reflect their diverse e#periences and preferences, and promote gender e$uity% This call is part of a %a&ing it 'or& initiative called (Gender and Disability Inclusion) Advancing *$uity for 'omen and Girls with Disabilities+. The good practices should show real change toward empowerment and greater e$uity for women and girls with disabilities while promoting gender e$uity, generally. The good practices that are collected will be used to support international level advocacy, ensuring that the voices of advocates at the local level will reach and influence international sta&eholders. "bout &a'ing it (or': %a&ing it 'or& is a methodology for documenting good practices on inclusion of people with disabilities and analy,ing how these positive changes could be replicated or sustained. The %a&ing it 'or& methodology offers a set of tools that guide actors on identifying, documenting and analy,ing good practices that advance the rights enshrined in the onvention on the -ights of People with Disabilities !-PD" and use this information to inform and enhance their advocacy. The methodology encourages collaboration between &ey actors whereby people with disabilities and their representative organi,ations play a &ey role. %ore information on %a&ing it 'or& can be found at) www.ma&ingitwor&. crpd.org (ho is eligible to submit a good practice) Disability.led coalitions !are particularly encouraged to apply" International, national or local Disabled People/s 0rgani,ations and Disabled 'omen/s 0rgani,ations International, national or local non.governmental organi,ations !1G0s" 2ervice providers or community service organi,ations !20s" Human rights institutions !international or national" Academic institutions Government led initiatives Groups of people with disabilities or other activists Parents/ Associations 2ingle organi,ations or partnerships may apply Individuals may not apply #ood practice submission process: *tep 1% Applicants should complete a good practice preliminary $uestionnaire answering &ey $uestions about their practice. The $uestionnaire is available in *nglish, 2panish, 3rench and Arabic. The completed $uestionnaire can be submitted in *nglish, 2panish, 3rench and Arabic !we apologi,e that we cannot accept applications in other languages but due to budget constraints, we are only able to process applications in these four languages". The completed $uestionnaire is due by &a+ ,, 2014 by email to ladams4handicap. international.org. 5ate $uestionnaires will not be accepted. *tep 2. Practices that are selected by the committee will be contacted by the %a&ing it 'or& Program oordinator, 5isa Adams, to schedule site visits to learn more about the practice and to document and collect information about the good practice and the impact it has made. *tep -. After all the site visits to practices are completed, the Advisory ommittee will ma&e a final selection of good practices. The Advisory ommittee will prepare a report of all selected good practices. This report will be disseminated internationally. 5eaders involved in the good practices will be invited to attend an international Gender and Disability 3orum to present their practices and share e#periences. The 3orum will ta&e place in 2pring 6789. Deadline for submission: Applicants should submit the $uestionnaire and submit the form by &a+ ,, 2014. .ocus of the call for good practices and good practice priorit+ areas: The focus of this call for good practices is on prevention, and elimination of, and response to violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities. The committee will accept good practice submissions from different topic areas related to advancing e$uity and inclusion of women and girls with disabilities but preference will be given to practices that address our focus topic. #ood practice priorit+ areas: 'ithin the call for good practices, the Advisory ommittee has identified priority areas related to prevention or elimination of violence, e#ploitation and abuse of women and girls with disabilities. Preference will be given to practices that address these areas. 'e do not e#pect good practices to address A55 of the priority areas outlined below. 'e are loo&ing for good practices that address at least one of the priority areas but do not e#pect practices to lin& to more than one article of the -PD. I. Issues of A*22 for girls and women with disabilities in order to prevent or eliminate violence, e#ploitation and abuse) Access to health, including se#ual and reproductive health !-PD article 69" *ducation on health, including se#ual and reproductive health
Access to education and employment !article 6: and 6;" Access to <ustice !article 8=" Access to support, services and reasonable accommodations !article 6" II. Issues of -IGHT2 P-0T*TI01 of girls and women with disabilities in order to prevent and eliminate violence, abuse and e#ploitation) Autonomy and right to live in the community !article 8>" and institutionali,ation and involuntary confinement !articles 8:, 8>, 89" 3orced medical treatment and forced sterili,ation and informed consent !article 86, article 89 and article 8;" 5egal capacity !article 86" III. T0052 and 2T-AT*GI*2 that support the prevention and elimination of violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities) Data collection on violence, abuse and e#ploitation disaggregated by gender, age and disability and other identities !article =8" Identification of disabled girls !especially regards to education" Access to information !article 68"
Awareness raising and public education on elimination of disability and gender stereotypes !article ?" Practices that address violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities in situations of ris&, humanitarian emergencies and natural disaster !article 88" #ood practice criteria: onforming to a broader set of principles and shared values enshrined in the -PD, good practices should up.hold these values and meet the specific criteria defined by the Advisory ommittee. Good practices will be evaluated based on how they meet the following criteria) 8% Practices that show evidence of having made positive change wherein change could include the following) hanges in policy@legislation hanges in practices hanges in attitude hanges in the community hanges in budget allocation on the issue of violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities An increase in visibility and commitment of mainstream organi,ations and@or governments on the issue of prevention and elimination of violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities 6. Practices that promote diversit+ in terms of women and girls from different geographic, national, religious, ethnic, se#ual orientation or class bac&ground as well as indigenous women and girls with disabilities, and women and girls with disabilities who are refugees, migrants and@or displaced persons. =. Practices that show demonstrated leadership of women and girls with disabilities in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases of the practice. :. Practices that promote and show demonstrated strategies and actions toward achieving gender e/uit+. 9% Practices that promote collaboration with women and girls with disabilities and their representative organi,ations. 0xamples of initiatives illustrating good practice criteria b+ criteria: 8% Practices that show evidence of having made positive change wherein change could include the following) An e#ample of a change in policy Gender and disability inclusive policy changes were adopted by the government as a result of a national organi,ation of women with disabilities/ wor& to lobby policy.ma&ers for changes in the reform of a national health act. An e#ample of a change in practice 5ocal police and <udiciary actors trained by a coalition of disability and gender activists on gender.based violence issues have begun actively to wor& with communities to reduce violence and abuse of women and girls with disabilities An e#ample of a change in attitude Previously e#cluded from local development processes, women with disabilities began e#ercising leadership roles for the first time within local decision.ma&ing bodies and were invited by local authorities to participate in local development planning sessions as a result of a women/s leadership training program. An e#ample of a change in community A community initiative gathered community leaders, men and women with and without disabilities to educate people on the violence, e#ploitation and abuse women and girls with disabilities e#perience. They discussed causes and proposed strategies to prevent and eliminate violence and abuse. As a result of this initiative, violence rates of women and girls with disabilities in that community were significantly reduced. An e#ample of a change in budget allocation on the issue of violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities A local budget included a specific budget line on prevention and elimination of violence and abuse of women and girls including women and girls with disabilities for the first time. An e#ample of an increase in visibility and commitment of mainstream organi,ations and@or governments on the issue of prevention and elimination of violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities After wor&ing with local associations of women with disabilities on gender based violence prevention programs, an international development organi,ation decided to include women and girls with disabilities in mainstream gender programs and added gender and disability to the organi,ation/s country targets and strategic ob<ectives. 6. Practices that promote diversit+ in terms of disability, religious affiliation, ethnic bac&ground, se#ual orientation and including) indigenous women and girls with disabilities, women and girls with disabilities who are refugees, migrants and@or displaced persons. An international humanitarian aid agency is wor&ing with women and girls with disabilities in refugee settings, ensuring outreach to the most marginali,ed groups including) women and girls who are Deafblind, women with intellectual disabilities and women with psycho.social disabilities. =. Practices that show demonstrated leadership of women and girls with disabilities in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases of pro<ects or strategies aimed at the prevention and elimination of violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities. An international aid agency wor&ed with disabled women leaders to develop collaboratively a national level pro<ect aimed at preventing and addressing violence issues women and girls with disabilities face. 'omen and girls with disabilities were consulted throughout the pro<ect planning and implementation processes through focus groups and consultation platforms. These same consultations too& place throughout pro<ect evaluation processes. :. Practices must promote and show demonstrated strategies and actions toward achieving gender e/uit+. In an inclusive education initiative, local education networ&s, parents and teachers wor&ed with boys and girls with and without disabilities in the mainstream classroom to address gender stereotypes and promote gender e$uity in school. Girls with disabilities were tas&ed to lead discussions on gender and disability stereotyping. 9% Practices that promote collaboration with women and girls with disabilities and their representative organi,ations. A disabled women/s networ& wor&ed in partnership with a national human rights commission to identify barriers and facilitators to e#ercising their right to access the <ustice system with a particular focus on article 8= of the -PD) access to <ustice. As a result of the collaboration, the human rights commission developed gender and disability inclusive indicators for human rights monitoring. &ore about the #ender and Disabilit+ "dvisor+ !ommittee: The Gender and Disability Advisory ommittee was convened by Handicap International as part of the (Gender and Disability Inclusion) Advancing *$uity for 'omen and Girls with Disabilities+ initiative. The Advisory ommittee/s role is to wor& collectively to design this global call for good practices on gender and disability and to promote the use these good practices for international level advocacy. The Advisory ommittee will review, select and validate good practices. The Gender and Disability Advisory committee is composed of the following members) 5isa Adams, Program %anager for %a&ing it 'or&, Handicap International !A2" Arlene Banter, Professor of 5aw and Director, Disability 5aw and Policy Program at 2yracuse Aniversity ollege of 5aw !A2" Cetnebersh 1igussie, *#ecutive Director for the *thiopian enter for Disability and Development !*thiopia" 2tephanie 0rtoleva *s$., President, 'omen *nabled Inc. !A2" 2ilvia Duan, Eoard member of olectivo Fida Independiente de Guatemala and e#pert member of the A1 -PD ommittee !Guatemala" %ichael, 2,porlu&, Independent consultant on disability rights and development !A2" 5orraine 'apling, Independent consultant on disability rights and development !AB" "ssessment of good practice submissions: Good practices will be reviewed and evaluated by the Advisory ommittee. The Advisory ommittee will then select good practices based on how each practice meets the good practice criteria with an emphasis on identifying practices that have achieved significant change. The Advisory ommittee will prepare a list of finalists who will be contacted by &a+ 20, 2014 in order to begin scheduling site visits. (here to send +our completed /uestionnaire: Duestionnaires should be sent to 5isa Adams, %a&ing it 'or& Program oordinator by email at ladams4handicap.international.org. All $uestions on the application should be addressed to 5isa Adams. 1anguages) Preliminary $uestionnaires can be sent in *nglish, 2panish, 3rench and Arabic. Due to budget constraints and language limitations within our committee, we are not able to accept $uestionnaires in other languages.
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