6. A society that isolates persons with disabilities is neither fully democratic nor inclusive. The Assemblyregrets the lack of prioritisation of policies to support persons with disabilities towards inclusion. The Assemblyrefers to its Resolution 2431 (2022) “Deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities”, Resolution 2291 (2019)“Ending coercion in mental health: the need for a human rights-based approach”, and Resolution 2258 (2019)“For a disability-inclusive workforce”. It reiterates its call for the deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilitiesand stresses that their participation in the social, economic and political life of our countries is beneficial onmultiple levels. It calls for systemic change to achieve effective inclusion and prevent violence against personswith disabilities, in all their diversity.

7. In the light of these considerations, the Assembly calls on Council of Europe member States as well asobserver States and all States whose parliaments enjoy observer or partner for democracy status, to:

7.1. ratify and implement, if they have not already done so, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;

7.2. prohibit, if they have not already done so, forced sterilisations and forced abortions and ensure that those who have suffered violence of this type receive compensation;

7.3. implement Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)6 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection and promotion of the rights of women and girls with disabilities, which calls on them to put in place specific measures to improve access to justice for women with disabilities and to protect them from violence;

7.4. implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and continue the process of deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities, or initiate it if this has not yet been done;

7.5. carry out disability-sensitive data collection on gender-based violence, and support research into gender-based violence against women with disabilities.

8. With regard to preventing violence against women with disabilities, the Assembly calls on these Statesto:

8.1. make the inclusion of persons with disabilities a priority, supporting their access to education, employment and culture, investing in accessibility and promoting their participation in economic, cultural, political and public life, and supporting in particular the empowerment of women with disabilities;

8.2. disregard the spouse’s income in determining eligibility for disability allowance, thus reducing the financial dependence of persons with disabilities;

8.3. adopt inclusive national strategies or action plans aimed at preventing and combating gender-based violence, taking into account disability and the intersections between gender, age, origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, migration status and disability, and ensuring the participation of members of organisations representing persons with disabilities in the development of such strategies or plans;

8.4. include a gender dimension in national disability policies;

8.5. run campaigns to prevent gender-based violence that are inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities, and conduct specific initiatives to prevent violence in institutions for persons with disabilities;

8.6. provide health care professionals and social workers with training on the rights, dignity, autonomy and needs of women with disabilities, in all their diversity;

8.7. step up monitoring of institutions for persons with disabilities by independent bodies, and ensure the protection of staff members in such institutions who report cases of violence;

8.8. raise awareness of the issue of forced marriages among women with disabilities, particularly in times of conflict;

8.9. provide information on sexual and reproductive rights in accessible formats;

8.10. carry out awareness-raising campaigns on the issue of violence within the family in order to prevent incest, in particular against girls with disabilities, and support families and parents financially and emotionally in their work accompanying girls and women with disabilities;

8.11. run campaigns to combat stereotypes of persons with disabilities, taking into account the diversity of disability.

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