International call for good practices on the elimination and

prevention of and response to violence, abuse and exploitation

of women and girls with disabilities
Deadline: June 14, 2014
This call for good practices provides both instructions for submitting good
practices as well as an application form. Please read carefully the instructions
before completing the application form.
able of !ontents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................. 1
ABOUT THE CALL FOR GOOD PRACTICES: ..................................................................... 1
ABOUT MAKING IT WORK: .................................................................................................... 2
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT A GOOD PRACTICE? ..................................................... 2
GOOD PRACTICE SUBMISSION PROCESS: ........................................................................ 2
FOCUS OF THE CALL FOR GOOD PRACTICES AND GOOD PRACTICE PRIORITY
AREAS: ......................................................................................................................................... 3
GOOD PRACTICE CRITERIA: .............................................................................................. 4
EXAMPLES OF INITIATIVES ILLUSTRATING GOOD PRACTICE CRITERIA BY
CRITERIA: ...................................................................................................................................
MORE ABOUT THE GENDER AND DISABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE: .............. !
ASSESSMENT OF GOOD PRACTICE SUBMISSIONS: ........................................................ "
WHERE TO SEND YOUR COMPLETED #UESTIONNAIRE: .......................................... "
"bout the !all for #ood $ractices:
Handicap International, in collaboration with a global Gender and Disability
Advisory ommittee !Advisory ommittee", is launching an international call for
good practices on the elimination, prevention of and response to violence,
abuse and exploitation of women and girls with disabilities that lead to their
empowerment, reflect their diverse e#periences and preferences, and promote
gender e$uity% This call is part of a %a&ing it 'or& initiative called (Gender and
Disability Inclusion) Advancing *$uity for 'omen and Girls with Disabilities+.
The good practices should show real change toward empowerment and greater
e$uity for women and girls with disabilities while promoting gender e$uity,
generally. The good practices that are collected will be used to support
international level advocacy, ensuring that the voices of advocates at the local
level will reach and influence international sta&eholders.
"bout &a'ing it (or':
%a&ing it 'or& is a methodology for documenting good practices on inclusion of
people with disabilities and analy,ing how these positive changes could be
replicated or sustained. The %a&ing it 'or& methodology offers a set of tools that
guide actors on identifying, documenting and analy,ing good practices that
advance the rights enshrined in the onvention on the -ights of People with
Disabilities !-PD" and use this information to inform and enhance their
advocacy. The methodology encourages collaboration between &ey actors
whereby people with disabilities and their representative organi,ations play a &ey
role. %ore information on %a&ing it 'or& can be found at) www.ma&ingitwor&.
crpd.org
(ho is eligible to submit a good practice)
Disability.led coalitions !are particularly encouraged to apply"
International, national or local Disabled People/s 0rgani,ations and
Disabled 'omen/s 0rgani,ations
International, national or local non.governmental organi,ations !1G0s"
2ervice providers or community service organi,ations !20s"
Human rights institutions !international or national"
Academic institutions
Government led initiatives
Groups of people with disabilities or other activists
Parents/ Associations
2ingle organi,ations or partnerships may apply
Individuals may not apply
#ood practice submission process:
*tep 1% Applicants should complete a good practice preliminary $uestionnaire
answering &ey $uestions about their practice. The $uestionnaire is available in
*nglish, 2panish, 3rench and Arabic. The completed $uestionnaire can be
submitted in *nglish, 2panish, 3rench and Arabic !we apologi,e that we cannot
accept applications in other languages but due to budget constraints, we are only
able to process applications in these four languages". The completed
$uestionnaire is due by &a+ ,, 2014 by email to ladams4handicap.
international.org. 5ate $uestionnaires will not be accepted.
*tep 2. Practices that are selected by the committee will be contacted by the
%a&ing it 'or& Program oordinator, 5isa Adams, to schedule site visits to learn
more about the practice and to document and collect information about the good
practice and the impact it has made.
*tep -. After all the site visits to practices are completed, the Advisory
ommittee will ma&e a final selection of good practices. The Advisory ommittee
will prepare a report of all selected good practices. This report will be
disseminated internationally. 5eaders involved in the good practices will be
invited to attend an international Gender and Disability 3orum to present their
practices and share e#periences. The 3orum will ta&e place in 2pring 6789.
Deadline for submission: Applicants should submit the $uestionnaire and
submit the form by &a+ ,, 2014.
.ocus of the call for good practices and good practice priorit+ areas:
The focus of this call for good practices is on prevention, and elimination of, and
response to violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities.
The committee will accept good practice submissions from different topic areas
related to advancing e$uity and inclusion of women and girls with disabilities but
preference will be given to practices that address our focus topic.
#ood practice priorit+ areas:
'ithin the call for good practices, the Advisory ommittee has identified priority
areas related to prevention or elimination of violence, e#ploitation and abuse of
women and girls with disabilities. Preference will be given to practices that
address these areas. 'e do not e#pect good practices to address A55 of the
priority areas outlined below. 'e are loo&ing for good practices that address at
least one of the priority areas but do not e#pect practices to lin& to more than one
article of the -PD.
I. Issues of A*22 for girls and women with disabilities in order to prevent or
eliminate violence, e#ploitation and abuse)
Access to health, including se#ual and reproductive health !-PD article 69"
*ducation on health, including se#ual and reproductive health

Access to education and employment !article 6: and 6;"
Access to <ustice !article 8="
Access to support, services and reasonable accommodations !article 6"
II. Issues of -IGHT2 P-0T*TI01 of girls and women with disabilities in order
to prevent and eliminate violence, abuse and e#ploitation)
Autonomy and right to live in the community !article 8>" and institutionali,ation
and involuntary confinement !articles 8:, 8>, 89"
3orced medical treatment and forced sterili,ation and informed consent !article
86, article 89 and article 8;"
5egal capacity !article 86"
III. T0052 and 2T-AT*GI*2 that support the prevention and elimination of
violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities)
Data collection on violence, abuse and e#ploitation disaggregated by gender,
age and disability and other identities !article =8"
Identification of disabled girls !especially regards to education"
Access to information !article 68"

Awareness raising and public education on elimination of disability and gender
stereotypes !article ?"
Practices that address violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with
disabilities in situations of ris&, humanitarian emergencies and natural disaster
!article 88"
#ood practice criteria:
onforming to a broader set of principles and shared values enshrined in the
-PD, good practices should up.hold these values and meet the specific criteria
defined by the Advisory ommittee. Good practices will be evaluated based on
how they meet the following criteria)
8% Practices that show evidence of having made positive change wherein
change could include the following)
hanges in policy@legislation
hanges in practices
hanges in attitude
hanges in the community
hanges in budget allocation on the issue of violence, abuse and
e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities
An increase in visibility and commitment of mainstream organi,ations
and@or governments on the issue of prevention and elimination of violence,
abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities
6. Practices that promote diversit+ in terms of women and girls from different
geographic, national, religious, ethnic, se#ual orientation or class bac&ground as
well as indigenous women and girls with disabilities, and women and girls with
disabilities who are refugees, migrants and@or displaced persons.
=. Practices that show demonstrated leadership of women and girls with
disabilities in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases of
the practice.
:. Practices that promote and show demonstrated strategies and actions toward
achieving gender e/uit+.
9% Practices that promote collaboration with women and girls with disabilities
and their representative organi,ations.
0xamples of initiatives illustrating good practice criteria b+ criteria:
8% Practices that show evidence of having made positive change wherein
change could include the following)
An e#ample of a change in policy
Gender and disability inclusive policy changes were adopted by the government
as a result of a national organi,ation of women with disabilities/ wor& to lobby
policy.ma&ers for changes in the reform of a national health act.
An e#ample of a change in practice
5ocal police and <udiciary actors trained by a coalition of disability and gender
activists on gender.based violence issues have begun actively to wor& with
communities to reduce violence and abuse of women and girls with disabilities
An e#ample of a change in attitude
Previously e#cluded from local development processes, women with disabilities
began e#ercising leadership roles for the first time within local decision.ma&ing
bodies and were invited by local authorities to participate in local development
planning sessions as a result of a women/s leadership training program.
An e#ample of a change in community
A community initiative gathered community leaders, men and women with and
without disabilities to educate people on the violence, e#ploitation and abuse
women and girls with disabilities e#perience. They discussed causes and
proposed strategies to prevent and eliminate violence and abuse. As a result of
this initiative, violence rates of women and girls with disabilities in that community
were significantly reduced.
An e#ample of a change in budget allocation on the issue of violence,
abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities
A local budget included a specific budget line on prevention and elimination of
violence and abuse of women and girls including women and girls with
disabilities for the first time.
An e#ample of an increase in visibility and commitment of mainstream
organi,ations and@or governments on the issue of prevention and
elimination of violence, abuse and e#ploitation of women and girls with
disabilities
After wor&ing with local associations of women with disabilities on gender based
violence prevention programs, an international development organi,ation
decided to include women and girls with disabilities in mainstream gender
programs and added gender and disability to the organi,ation/s country targets
and strategic ob<ectives.
6. Practices that promote diversit+ in terms of disability, religious affiliation,
ethnic bac&ground, se#ual orientation and including) indigenous women and girls
with disabilities, women and girls with disabilities who are refugees, migrants
and@or displaced persons.
An international humanitarian aid agency is wor&ing with women and girls with
disabilities in refugee settings, ensuring outreach to the most marginali,ed
groups including) women and girls who are Deafblind, women with intellectual
disabilities and women with psycho.social disabilities.
=. Practices that show demonstrated leadership of women and girls with
disabilities in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases of
pro<ects or strategies aimed at the prevention and elimination of violence, abuse
and e#ploitation of women and girls with disabilities.
An international aid agency wor&ed with disabled women leaders to develop
collaboratively a national level pro<ect aimed at preventing and addressing
violence issues women and girls with disabilities face. 'omen and girls with
disabilities were consulted throughout the pro<ect planning and implementation
processes through focus groups and consultation platforms. These same
consultations too& place throughout pro<ect evaluation processes.
:. Practices must promote and show demonstrated strategies and actions
toward achieving gender e/uit+.
In an inclusive education initiative, local education networ&s, parents and
teachers wor&ed with boys and girls with and without disabilities in the
mainstream classroom to address gender stereotypes and promote gender
e$uity in school. Girls with disabilities were tas&ed to lead discussions on gender
and disability stereotyping.
9% Practices that promote collaboration with women and girls with disabilities
and their representative organi,ations.
A disabled women/s networ& wor&ed in partnership with a national human rights
commission to identify barriers and facilitators to e#ercising their right to access
the <ustice system with a particular focus on article 8= of the -PD) access to
<ustice. As a result of the collaboration, the human rights commission developed
gender and disability inclusive indicators for human rights monitoring.
&ore about the #ender and Disabilit+ "dvisor+ !ommittee:
The Gender and Disability Advisory ommittee was convened by Handicap
International as part of the (Gender and Disability Inclusion) Advancing *$uity
for 'omen and Girls with Disabilities+ initiative. The Advisory ommittee/s role is
to wor& collectively to design this global call for good practices on gender and
disability and to promote the use these good practices for international level
advocacy. The Advisory ommittee will review, select and validate good
practices.
The Gender and Disability Advisory committee is composed of the following
members)
5isa Adams, Program %anager for %a&ing it 'or&, Handicap International
!A2"
Arlene Banter, Professor of 5aw and Director, Disability 5aw and Policy
Program at 2yracuse Aniversity ollege of 5aw !A2"
Cetnebersh 1igussie, *#ecutive Director for the *thiopian enter for
Disability and Development !*thiopia"
2tephanie 0rtoleva *s$., President, 'omen *nabled Inc. !A2"
2ilvia Duan, Eoard member of olectivo Fida Independiente de
Guatemala and e#pert member of the A1 -PD ommittee !Guatemala"
%ichael, 2,porlu&, Independent consultant on disability rights and
development !A2"
5orraine 'apling, Independent consultant on disability rights and
development !AB"
"ssessment of good practice submissions:
Good practices will be reviewed and evaluated by the Advisory ommittee. The
Advisory ommittee will then select good practices based on how each practice
meets the good practice criteria with an emphasis on identifying practices that
have achieved significant change. The Advisory ommittee will prepare a list of
finalists who will be contacted by &a+ 20, 2014 in order to begin scheduling site
visits.
(here to send +our completed /uestionnaire:
Duestionnaires should be sent to 5isa Adams, %a&ing it 'or& Program
oordinator by email at ladams4handicap.international.org. All $uestions on the
application should be addressed to 5isa Adams.
1anguages) Preliminary $uestionnaires can be sent in *nglish, 2panish, 3rench
and Arabic. Due to budget constraints and language limitations within our
committee, we are not able to accept $uestionnaires in other languages.