December 2018
The National Coalition Meeting was organized by the Bapu Trust, Equals and AccessAbility. The aim of the coalition was to discuss the articles in the UNCRPD and draft a response to the report published by the Government of India, which would then be submitted to the UN as well.
Senior Programs Consultant, Srinidhi Raghavan represented Rising Flame, which was invited to provide inputs on two articles in UNCRPD: Access to Justice and Women with Disabilities. Key issues of amendments to the criminal law, inclusion of women with disabilities within domestic violence laws and discrimination faced by them on an everyday basis were discussed.