Cairo Regional Conference; Women with Disabilities between Rights and Norms

Stars of Hope focal points have participated in a regional conference for MUSAWAII project entitled Women with Disabilities between rights and norms. This conference was under the patronage of the General Secretary of the League of Arab States and in cooperation with the Arab Forum of Women with Disabilities ( AFOWD). The conference was held in Cairo on the 27th and 28th of April 2013. Down below are the main topics that have been highlighted;

  • Convention on the elimination of all forum of discrimination against Women( CEDAW) and the interaction between the items of women with disabilities in the Convention on the rights of persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
  • Women with Disabilities in public and private life; between rights and norms.
  • WWDs and their rights in public and private life.
  • Customs that impedes the rights of WWDs,
  • WWDs in the discourse of the Women’s mainstream movement.