[PDFlist] FW: Ana Peláez Narváez first woman with a disability elected for the U.N. Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Thu Jun 7 22:44:57 MDT 2018

Dear Seta,
Thanks for this great news!
Kind regards
Savina

On Jun 8, 2018 9:44 AM, "Setareki Macanawai" <CEO at pacificdisability.org>
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>   Ana Peláez Narváez is the first woman with a disability elected for the
> U.N. Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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> *Our Vice-President is the first woman with disabilities to be elected for
> the U.N.* *Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women in
> its 37 years of existence.*
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> We are very happy to announce the election of Ana Peláez Narváez as a
> member of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against
> Women. She is the first woman with disabilities ever to be elected as a
> member of the U.N. Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against
> Women, which has existed for 37 years. We welcome her election a very
> positive step which brings “nothing about us without us” closer to reality.
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>   What is the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against
> Women?
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> The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is the
> body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention
> on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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> It consists of 23 independent experts on women’s rights across the world.
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> The election that took place on the 7th June 2018 envisaged to replace 12
> members, whose term end on the 31st December 2018. The elected members
> will serve a term of 4 years.
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>   Who is Ana?
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> Ana Peláez Narváez is a very strong advocate for the estimated 600 million
> women with disabilities worldwide. She is currently Vice-President of the
> European Disability Forum and Chairperson of its Women’s Committee;
> Executive Vice-President of CERMI (Spanish National Council for Persons
> with Disability) Women Foundation; Executive Councillor for International
> Relations and External Development of the Spanish National Organisation of
> the Blind. She was a board member of the European Women’s Lobby from 2010
> to 2014.
> Ana Peláez served for 7 years in the U.N. Committee for the Rights of
> Persons with Disabilities and it was its focal point for gender issues. She
> participated in the official Spanish delegation that took part in the final
> drafting phase of the U.N Convention on the Rights of Persons with
> Disabilities.
> She has championed women’s rights for more than 20 years, advising
> governments, civil society and other organisations.
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> Woman with disabilities – especially vulnerable to discrimination and
> violence
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> There more than 600 million women with disabilities that are especially
> vulnerable to discrimination and violence. Despite facing intersectional
> discrimination, women with disabilities are not sufficiently represented in
> bodies that focus on equality and gender issues.
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> Watch the following video (in Spanish, with English subtitles) to hear
> from Ana Pelaez on how women with disabilities  have been an invisible
> constituency.
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> Ana Pelaez explains her efforts in making women with disabilities heard.
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> “I believe there is a need to mainstream women and girls with disabilities
> systematically in the work of CEDAW. We are 20% of the total population of
> women in the world, but we are among the poorest and we are constantly
> subjected to aggravated forms of discrimination.
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> I also want to focus on strengthening the work of the CEDAW Committee in
> relation to the multiple discrimination many invisible women face, and this
> means making progress on drawing up guidelines for States Parties to
> address intersectional discrimination and ensure we leave no one behind. I
> hope to play an active role in the process to foster co-operation among UN
> treaty bodies so that they can learn from each other and adopt a consistent
> approach, moving forward in the same direction when addressing the same
> issues.
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> Finally, I believe we need to do more to reflect the dimensions of human
> diversity in the CEDAW Committee and, in particular, include people from
> invisible and ignored population groups, such as women with disabilities.
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> NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US!”
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> *Ana Peláez Narváez*
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> *Congratulations Ana!*
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