Opinions on the first National Report of Korea on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 3.2 Maternity protection and prevention of violence for women with disabilities 1) Current status and problems ① According to the results of the 2011 Survey on Persons with Disabilities conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 35.0% of women with disabilities experienced miscarriages, with 7.8% of them caused by oppositions of husband and other family members, and 5.2% by their disabilities. ② According to the result of a survey conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) in 2011, there were strong needs among women with disabilities for maternity services, such as ‘childcare support services’ and ‘hospitals specialized in pregnancy and childbirth’, but domestic systems to provide such support were lacking. In addition, 7.6% (83,517 persons) of women with disabilities experienced being neglected or treated violently from family members due to their disabilities. Among them, 2.1% (23,236 persons) suffered violent treatment frequently from their spouse, children, siblings and parents in that order. ③ The Sexual Violence Counseling Center for Women with Disabilities offered counseling service on a total of 9,706 cases related to persons with disabilities in 2012. Among them, cases related to sexual violence accounted for 75.8% (7,359 cases) and domestic violence was at 7.8% (764 cases). 1,046 women with disabilities suffered sexual violence, of whom women with developmental disabilities were 818 (78.2%) and they were the most vulnerable to the risks of sexual violence compared with women with other types of disabilities. When broken down by age, women with disabilities who suffered sexual violence between 14~19 was 264 (25.2%), and between 20~29 was 349 (33.4%). As such, women with disabilities aged between 14~29 accounted for 58.6% of all victims. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family reported to the National NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 9