NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – July 2022 Article 6 Women with Disabilities 5-1 Resolving multiple discrimination against women with disabilities □ Current status and problems ㅇ The government’s policy for women with disabilities excessively focuses on the provision of support for pregnancy and childbirth as welfare. As a result, the multiple and complex discrimination faced by women with disabilities in all stages of life such as childhood, adolescence, manhood, and senescence are not handled through detailed policies. ㅇ The government conducts gender sensitive budgeting or gender impact assessments for gender equality, but as there are no disability impact assessments, the positions of women with disabilities are not considered separately. Except for some provisions in the fact-finding survey for persons with disabilities conducted every three years, there is no data on women with disabilities from gender-sensitive perspective needed to implement long-term policies for them. Only when every policy considers gender and disability at the same time, women with disabilities will not be put on back burner or neglected. □ Recommendations ㅇ In order for the position of disabled women to be considered throughout Korean policies, it is recommended that items on disabled women are included in future disability impact assessments as well as the current gender impact assessments. ㅇ To realize long-term policies for disabled women, statistics on them based on gender-sensitive perspectives should be established and based on this, detailed policies for women with disabilities should be devised. 12