UN ESCAP Workshop on Women and Disability: Promoting Full Participation of Women with Disabilities in the Process of Elaboration on an International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
18-22 August 2003, Bangkok, Thailand

Materials:

	Seminar Documentation
	Meeting Documents
	UN ESCAP Documents
	Contributions
	Online resources

Documentation for the Workshop

Working Document:

• Bangkok Recommendations on the Elaboration of a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, (E/ESCAP/EGM-PWD/Rep 4 dated 4 June 2003). Full Report.

Basic documents:

• Expert Group Meeting and Seminar on an International Convention to Protect and Promote the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, Bangkok, Thailand, 2-4 June 2003
• Hidden Sisters: Women and Girls with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Region

Reference documents:

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• Using the Correct Terminology
• Documents from the Expert Group Meeting and Seminar on an International Convention to Protect and Promote the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, Bangkok, Thailand, 2-4 June 2003
• The UNESCO Salamanca Statement (1994)
• Women with Disabilities: Lessons of Reinforcing the Gender Perspective in International Norms and Standards. by Maria-Cristina Sará-Serrano Mathiason
• UN ESCAP Pathfinder (In PDF format, 2.8MB)
  • In Accessible HTML format: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

MEETING DOCUMENTS:

UN ESCAP Documents:

• Objectives of the workshop (UNESCAP)
• Background and issues associated with elaboration of an international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
• Promotion of employment and income-generation activities among PWD – ILO convention/resolution
• Definition, Early Intervention and Education for People with Disabilities
• Beijing Strategic Areas of Concern
• The Objectives of Reporting under a Convention
• Gender Tools for Mainstreaming

Resource Persons' Documents:

• Ensuring the inclusion of the Gender Dimension in the Ongoing Work for a Disability Rights Convention, by Venus M. Ilagan, Chairperson, Disabled Peoples International
• Addressing Concerns of Women with Disabilities in CBR, by Maya Thomas and M.J. Thomas
• Human Rights and Disabilities: Where do disabilities fit into the UN Human Rights System?, OHCHR
• Where to Find Human Rights Resources in Asia Pacific, OHCHR Representative for Asia Pacific
• Extracts from the Reports of the Experts of the 2003 Commission on Human Rights, OHCHR
• Rights-Based Approach to Disability. Powerpoint presentation and related materials.

Country Contributions

ONLINE RESOURCES

Following are resource links provided in this website as background material to the seminar:

Mandate:

• General Assembly Resolution to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to study the question of a new international convention on promoting and protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disA56168e1.htm]
• World Programme of action concerning Disabled Persons (1982) [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/diswpa00.htm]
• Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissre00.htm]
• "United Nations Millennium Declaration" (General Assembly resolution 55/2) [http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.htm]
• Asian And Pacific Decade of Disabled Person 1993-2002 [http://www.unescap.org/sps/disability.htm]
• The Biwako Millenium Framework (Summary | Full Draft text)
• Report on the third mandate the Special Rapporteur on Disability of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (E/CN.5.2002/4, para. 72) [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disecn520024e0.htm]

Meetings:

• Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on an international convention on promoting and protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. [ Second Meeting | Documents ]
  • NGO community contribution to the Ad Hoc Committee Meeting [http://www.worldenable.net/rights/adhoc2meet.htm]
• Promoting the Rights of People with Disabilities: Towards a New United Nations Convention, An International Workshop for National Human Rights Institutions from the Commonwealth and Asia Pacific Region. Organised by the National Human Rights Commission of India, the British Council and the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, 26 – 29 May 2003, New Delhi, India
• First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on an international convention on promoting and protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/adhocmeet.htm]
• Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Livelihoods (Jakarta, Indonesia, 15-17 January 2002) [http://www.worldenable.net/livelihoods]

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