National Forum of Women with Disabilities organized Consultation Meeting of Women with Disabilities in three provinces of Pakistan: Punjab (Multan), Khaber Pakhtoon Khua (Nowshera) and Balochistan (Quetta) to discuss the following points:
Networking and Collaboration:
To promote the cooperation on women with disabilities related concerns through strengthening and facilitating Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs) to link them further on the whole province and national level.
Role of Disabled People Organization to promote the rights of women with disabilities:
To achieve the mainstreamed implementation of the UNCRPD (UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).
Provincial Presence:
To offer expert advice, research, technical cooperation and operational assistance to States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders, in order to regional capacities and national cooperation on the concerns of women with disabilities.
Role of Women with Disabilities as Leaders:
To empower, facilitate and engage women with disabilities from very grass-roots level.