Recommendations for action to advance the rights of women and girls with disabilities in the United Nations system

The recent statement of Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the new United Nations entity, UN Women, noted that women and girls with disabilities must be included in the UN Women action plan. Women and girls with disabilities, including this author, and our Disabled Persons (Womens) Organizations are available to support this work. Under-Secretary-General Bachelet stated: "We will expand partnerships with the private sector, foundations and individuals, including through new electronic giving and internet campaigns. Recognizing that much of our work will be to stimulate and support others to do what needs to be done, we will build partnerships with governments and civil society, with parliamentarians and community based leaders, targeting groups that are most excluded, including HIV positive women, women in minority groups, women with disabilities, informal women workers and rural or urban poor women.