UN Flagship Report on Disability: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Global Network on Monitoring and Evaluation for Disability-inclusive Development 10-11 May 2017 Geneva

Outputs Task team Task Team coordinators: Nora Groce and Leyla Sharafi Task Team members: Cathy Vaughan Maria Alarcos Cieza Ola Abu Alghaib Pamela Nabukhonzo Julia Fleuret Jean-François Trani Coordinating with Health and Gender Chapters, and also links to cross cutting issues: accessibility, assistance devices, and social groups and vulnerable persons

Critical to SDG Goals 3 and 5 and others Outputs Critical to SDG Goals 3 and 5 and others Target 5.6 Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the ICPD and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences Target 3.7 By 2030 ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programs Target 5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation Target 5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation -We thought a stand alone chapter was important given how central rights related to reproduction, sexuality, sexual health, and bodily integrity are to other facets of empowerment and opportunities including ability to access education and employment -In addition, there has been a general lack of attention to SRHR including violence issues within the various sectors of work including in disability and gender -Coordinating with chapters on health and gender

Outputs Snapshot from outline International legislation for persons with disabilities on this topic, including SDG goals/targets and CRPD articles and other international legislation Articles 23 and 25 of the CRPD: explicit reference to universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights Linkage to other conventions such as CRC and CEDAW Remarks about national legislation (illustrative country examples) National policies/programmes to implement this SDG and related CRPD provisions for persons with disabilities • Recent studies and programmatic interventions from India, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Ecuador, Uganda DHS Module on Disability recent experiences UN Experiences, Status and Trends, Conclusion and Way Forward Uganda DHS of 2006 and 2011 datasets: women with disabilities, utilization of the desired maternal health services package was significantly associated with: education level attainment, age, region, parity, and wealth status.

Outputs Key messages Perceptions about persons with disabilities not having rights around sexuality and reproduction and not needing SRH services Persons with disabilities, both women and men, face significant barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive health information, education, and services Persons with disabilities, particularly women and girls, face higher risk of gender based violence Recognition that there are challenging issues in relation to SRHR including abortion, coerced and forced sterilization, forced contraception, denial of maternity, parenting and parental rights, denial of legal capacity, autonomy, and decision-making Link to health, gender, poverty chapters – even WASH Those promoting SRHR and gender equality must include disability Intersecting forms of discrimination, especially poverty, important to recognize