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Leadership and political participation of women with disabilities

Leadership and political participation of women with disabilities

Publication year: 2019
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This brief discusses the issue of leadership and political participation of women with disabilities and the UN Women’s response to enabling their participation.

This publication is part of the “Briefs on women and girls with disabilities series”.

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Resource type(s): Briefs
UN Women office publishing: UN Women Headquarters Office
Number of pages
2
Publishing entities United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Leadership and political participation Women with disabilities

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