July 2023: News from MIW!

Read the latest news from the Making It Work Gender and Disability project, contributing to our objectives, of which:

- Promoting the leadership and rights of women with disabilities

• Read the contribution of 14 organizations on the equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems for the CEDAW Committee, February 2023 at this link
• Listen to 3 women leaders with disabilities panelists in 2023 at the Commission on the Status of Women CSW67 and the Conference of States Parties to the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities COSP16 on our Youtube channel

- Bringing intersectionality into practice: For an anti-ableist, decolonial, anti-racist intersectional feminism

Drawing on the experience of the partner organizations that are members of this unique network, MIW has become increasingly involved in efforts to advance the full realization of the rights of women and girls suffering from multiple and intersectional discrimination.

As well, Making It Work takes an intersectional feminist, anti-ableist, anti-racist and decolonial approach to the fight against violence against women and girls with disabilities. This involves addressing gender inequalities as well as ableist stereotypes as root causes of violence against women and girls with disabilities. As well it requires rethinking the working practices and partnership relations between MIW and the women-led organizations based in the global South, in order to achieve an egalitarian partnership approach.