My Sexuality, My Right

Objective Addressing and creating awareness of the sexual and reproductive rights of people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities Why ? Stereotypes about their sexuality Forced sterilization procedures Higher rates of sexual violence ( 30% minors / 1 man 7 women ) Lack of comprehensive sexual education Barriers to access sexual and reproductive health services

People with disabilities Stakeholders People with disabilities Families Decision makers Health sector The project will try to be sustainaboe by providing thecnical assitance and by looking fo more international cooperation. More work is needed in ordeto promote the implmentation of new regulations and work or the materialization of the sexual and reproductive rights and health of people with disabilities

Comprehensive and accessible health provision model First research about sexual violence on people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities Regulation 1904 of 2017 makes reasonable accommodations mandatory and prohibits forced sterilization and makes consent mandatory From 2017 until 2018 Profamilia provided sexual and reproductive health services for 1,187 people with disabilities. Assessment tool 120 leaders from 6 cities of Colombia Families are more aware of the sexuality of their sons and daughters Empower Young leaders Comprehensive and accessible health provision model Research and knowledge production Advocacy The project will try to be sustainaboe by providing thecnical assitance and by looking fo more international cooperation. More work is needed in ordeto promote the implmentation of new regulations and work or the materialization of the sexual and reproductive rights and health of people with disabilities

Share our knowledge and experience HOW ? Share our knowledge and experience Share tools and provide technical assistance to different actors WHAT CAN WE SHARE ? A comprehensive model that includes strategies to impact all stakeholders WHERE ? Colombia and LAC region through our regional networks   The project will try to be sustainaboe by providing thecnical assitance and by looking fo more international cooperation. More work is needed in ordeto promote the implmentation of new regulations and work or the materialization of the sexual and reproductive rights and health of people with disabilities

Who are we looking for ? Health institutions that want to make their services more inclusive Donors that want to invest in the replication and /or strengthening of this practice Partners that work on gender or disability rights Families and people with disabilities that want to talk about sexuality and reproductive rights The project will try to be sustainaboe by providing thecnical assitance and by looking fo more international cooperation. More work is needed in ordeto promote the implmentation of new regulations and work or the materialization of the sexual and reproductive rights and health of people with disabilities

"Sexuality is often the source of our deepest oppression; it is also often the source of our deepest pain. It’s easier for us to talk about—and formulate strategies for changing—discrimination in employment, education, and housing than to talk about our exclusion from sexuality and reproduction”. Example Text: Each year there is a different topic chosen; we started with Employment in 2013 and did so again in 2017. The topic for 2018 is accessibility and we are finishing our research and selection process. (35 words) Anne Finger, Forbidden fruit. New Internationalist, 233, pp. 8 –10, 1992, P. 9.

Monica Cortés Asdown Executive Director Monica.cortes@asdown.org Marta Royo Profamilia Executive Director mroyo@profamilia.org.co Natalia Acevedo Profamilia Advocacy Director Natalia.acevedo@profamilia.org.co Example Text: Each year there is a different topic chosen; we started with Employment in 2013 and did so again in 2017. The topic for 2018 is accessibility and we are finishing our research and selection process. (35 words)