The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in accordance with Rule 47 of its Rules of Procedure and para. 54–57 of its Working Methods may prepare General Comments based on the various articles and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) with a view to assisting States Parties in fulfilling their reporting obligations. In 2015, the CRPD Committee released its Draft General Comment on Article 6 [Women with disabilities], based on that Rule. The CRPD Committee invited Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) and other interested parties to provide written input on the Draft General Comment on CRPD Article 6.
Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) – the national cross-disability Disabled Person’s Organisation (DPO) for women and girls with all types of disability in Australia, and People With Disability Australia (PWDA) – the national DPO for all people with disability in Australia, elected to develop this joint Submission to the CRPD Committee in response to the Draft version of General Comment on CRPD Article 6.
The joint Submission from WWDA and PWDA is available for download from WWDA’s website in both Word and Pdf versions. The Submission also contains, as an Appendix, a copy of the Draft General Comment on CRPD Article 6.
Download the Submission in a Word format: Word
To download the Submission as a PDF format: PDF