15 bis 
Women and girls with disabilities  
23 June  
 
1.  States Parties acknowledge that women and girls with disabilities of all ages are subject to intersecting discrimination on the ground of disability and gender in all areas of life. State Parties shall therefore take all necessary measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls with disabilities, consistent with the provisions in this convention.  
  
2. State Parties ensure that all human rights and fundamental freedoms are guaranteed to women and girls with disabilities without discrimination of any kind, in the civil, political, economic, social, cultural or any other fields. To that end State Parties shall ensure that:  
a) law, legislative and other measures guarantee women and girls with disabilities equal exercise and enjoyment of rights as others in all areas of life, including but not limited to property, ownership and inheritance; 
b) women and girls with disabilities are, without discrimination entitled to freedom, safety, autonomy, independence, respect and dignity on an equal basis with others.  

 3. State Parties shall develop pro-active measures and policies to ensure that women and girls with disabilities of all ages enjoy the same opportunities and rights as others. To this effect State Parties shall ensure that women and girls with disabilities enjoy:  
a)  full access to programs and measures related to areas such as, but not limited to information, finances, family relations, education, training, health care, habilitation and rehabilitation and employment;  
b)  the right to motherhood, support during pregnancy and childbirth, postpartum health care and child-care and necessary assistance in this regard; 
c)  freedom from abuse, violence, sexual exploitation and marginalization;  
d)  full access to development programs such as microfinance and independent economic viability programs in order to overcome poverty and finance dependence; 

c)  all programmes and measures which are targeting the general population, both those that are gender mainstreamed and those that are gender specific are fully accessible to women and girls with disabilities;