[Dpo-officemanagers] FW: Women with disability delighted with outcome of Women’s Ministers meeting

[Lanieta Tuimabu]

Subject: Women with disability delighted with outcome of Women’s Ministers meeting

 

PAC - WOMEN MEET: FIJI SUN PACNEWS 2: Mon 09 Oct 2017 

Women with disability delighted with outcome of Women’s Ministers meeting 

SUVA, 09 OCTOBER 2017 (FIJI SUN) --- Women with disabilities have had their right to work recognised by Pacific Ministers for Women. 

The recognition which appears in the wording of the outcomes document of the Pacific Ministers for Women meeting is significant because it means regional organisation will now have to work to ensure that the needs of disabled women are met. 

―The women with disabilities community is very excited that they got a very substantive paragraph (in the outcomes document), said Noelene Nabulivou representing the We Rise Feminist Caucus, a leading civil society organisation at the meeting. 

―And it‘s a paragraph that links to an international commitment, she said explaining that it has the backing of international laws and conventions signed by Pacific governments. 

The breakthrough paragraph reads: ‖The conference recognised the right of persons with disabilities, including women, to work on an equal basis with others. This includes the right to the opportunity to gain a living by work freely chosen or accepted. 

Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation office manager, Lanieta Tuimabu told journalists at the meeting says women with disability should not be left behind. 

―We believe that human right is for everyone and I would like to see that women with disabilities will not be discriminated,‖ Tuimabu said She has been an active observer and contributor to the 13th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and sixth Pacific Ministers for Women meeting since Monday Tuimabu said the triennial conference had given her a platform and more confidence to advocate on women with disability. 

―Women with disability can also participate and earn their living through crafts. There is a lot of texts on women with disability but the way forward would be is seeing the documents advocate on in our various government women ministries on how we could include disability in the various ministries; not only the policies but also the budgetary allocations to support the work for us. 

―By 2030, I wish to see that no women with disability are left behind in the development, participation and decision making, playing leadership roles and take part in various sector activities; and are not seen as a separate group but coming together as one with one voice,‖ Tuimabu said....PACNEWS

 




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