Expert meeting on violence against women and disability: meeting summary, Geneva, Switzerland, 10-11 November 2022

Download or read book Expert meeting on violence against women and disability: meeting summary, Geneva, Switzerland, 10-11 November 2022 written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2024-05-05 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of the UN Women-WHO Joint Programme on Strengthening Methodologies and Measurement and Building National Capacities for Violence Against Women Data (Joint Programme on VAW Data), WHO/HRP has been leading work to strengthen the measurement of disability and violence against women. WHO/HRP undertook a scoping review to explore how disability and violence are currently being measured in the existing evidence-base. In November 2022, WHO/HRP convened this Expert Group meeting. Technical and advocacy experts participated in the meeting, including women with disabilities, to develop concrete recommendations for approaches and measures to better capture the experiences of violence among women with disabilities. This meeting summary compiles key points from the presentations and discussions at the Expert Meeting. Key recommendations developed during the Expert Meeting are included following the summary.