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Graphic with a beige gradient background featuring the text '2024 Submission to the International Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (UN CEDAW)' in bold dark purple font. On the right, there is a stylized hummingbird logo in purple, orange, and red hues, representing DAWN Canada.
2024 Submission to the International Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
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Resource Type: Report
Authors: DAWN Canada & Indigenous Disability Canada
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Download Title: 2024 CEDAW Shadow Report
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Cover page titled 'Community Impact Statement.' The cover includes the logo for DAWN Canada, which features a stylized bird in orange, red, and purple hues. The organization's full name, 'DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada' and its French counterpart, 'Réseau d'action des femmes handicapées Canada,' is displayed in black text at the top. Below the logo, the title 'Community Impact Statement' is written in large white text against a dark purple gradient background. At the bottom of the slide, there is a subtitle in bold black text that reads, 'Women and Girls with Disabilities and the Impact of Sexual Assault.
Community Impact Statement – Women and Girls with Disabilities and the Impact of Sexual Assault

This document is a Community Impact Statement submitted by the DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN) Canada on May 12, 2022. It addresses the disproportionate and systemic sexual violence experienced by women and girls with disabilities in Canada.

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Resource Type: Report
Authors: DAWN Canada
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Download Title: Community Impact Statement - Women and Girls with Disabilities and the Impact of Sexual Assault
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Beijing +25 Report - Executive Summary
Beijing +25 Report – Executive Summary
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resource_intro_large_text: DAWN Canada’s report on the situation of women and girls with disabilities in North America substantially deepens our understanding of which women are experiencing the most discrimination in all the key areas that the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is intended to measure.
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