Beijing +25 Report: Executive
Summary
You can now access the executive summary of DAWN Canada's report on the situation facing disabled women and girls in North America. The report includes insights and research examining critical areas like education, employment and economic
security, access to childcare, healthcare, power and decision-making. The report is intersectional and includes information about the experiences of women and girls who are Indigenous, racialized, immigrant or
refugee, and/or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex or two-spirited.
DAWN felt the need to prepare this report because the lack of an intersectional approach in the process and preparation of civil
society reports on Beijing +25. DAWN's work here is also a reminder that the process itself failed to recognize that without the relentless advocacy and labour of
women with disabilities, much gender-based analysis would continue without the critical understanding of which women are experiencing the
most discrimination in all the key areas that the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform
for Action is intended to measure.
I was honored to work with DAWN on this report and look forward to the release of the full document.
I was honored to work with DAWN on this report and look forward to the release of the full document.
