A new EDF Women’s Committee was appointed by the EDF Executive Committee in September 2022. The new Committee adopted a workplan from 2023 to 2026 in November 2022. The detailed workplan for 2023 was then approved. It is available on the Committee’s webpage.
This report gives an overview of the activities undertaken by the Committee in 2023.
Highlights
- 2 meetings of the Committee took place in June and November 2023, online and in Madrid, Spain.
- Advocacy on the rights of women with disabilities in EU initiatives on combating violence against women, victims’ rights and harmful practices. EDF continued its campaign to ban forced sterilisation.
- Preparation and adoption of the EDF’s third Manifesto on Women and girls with Disabilities.
- Publication of an updated version of EDF guide on engagement with United Nations Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
- Establishment of Committee’s focal points on various topics improve mainstreaming of the perspective of women with disabilities within EDF’s work.
- 10 EDF Women’s Voice newsletters sent to over 400 subscribers.
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