世界银行-保障残疾妇女的家庭生活、工作和免受性别暴力的权利（英）

December 2, 2022 Global Indicators Briefs No. 14 Safeguarding the Rights of Women with Disabilities to Family Life, Work, and Protection from Gender-based Violence Julia Constanze Braunmiller and Marie Dry W omen with disabilities face additional barriers to their socioeconomic participation compared to men—with and without disabilities—as well as to women without disabilities, resulting in signiÿcant employment gaps and high exposure to gender-based violence. Laws around the world largely fail to protect the rights of women with disabilities to nondiscrimination, respect for family life, labor market inclusion, and a life free from violence. °is Brief analyzes legal and policy data from 190 economies on the rights of women with disabilities and highlights promising practices where laws directly recognize and protect these needs, with the goal of informing policy reforms across the globe. Insights from new data can promote the rights of women with disabilities One in ÿve women around the world are excluded from fully participating in social, family, and work life. °ey face barriers when accessing education, work, health care, and information due to their disability and gender (World Bank and WHO 2011). Additionally, women with disabilities may face discrimination based on other intersecting identities, such as religion, race, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. However, policies focused on gender and policies focused on disability inclusion, traditionally, have failed to address the speciÿc needs of women with disabilities and may perpetuate an incomplete understanding of their multiple identities as “disabled” and as “women,” leading to even greater exclusion from socioeconomic opportunities. As a result, women with disabilities are three times more likely to have unmet health care needs and to be illiterate and are two times less likely to be employed and use the Internet than men without disabilities (UNDESA 2018). Policies and laws can positively shape the experience of women with disabilities by creating and fostering environments and societies where women with disabilities enjoy full and equal access to their rights and responsibilities. Further, in order to design inclusive policies, the active and meaningful participation of women with disabilities is crucial (Box 1). Based on this reality, the Women, Business and the Law (WBL) project collected data on 11 new research questions to gather insights as to how laws and policies around the world hinder or promote the rights of women with disabilities. Four broad areas were studied over the summer and fall 2021: nondiscrimination; parental rights and responsibilities; inclusion in the labor market; and protection against gender-based violence and harassment. A previous Indicators Brief entitled “°e Importance of Designing Genderand Disability Inclusive Laws: A Survey of Legislation in 190 Economies” prese