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<span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430191420/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/03/letter-united-nations-committee-rights-people-disabilities-upcoming-review-austral-0">Letter to United Nations Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities on Upcoming Review of Australia</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430191420/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/03/letter-united-nations-crpd-half-day-general-discussion-women-and-girls-disabilities">Letter to United Nations CRPD on Half Day of General Discussion on Women and Girls with Disabilities</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430191420/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/31/ghana-people-mental-disabilities-face-serious-abuse">Ghana: People With Mental Disabilities Face Serious Abuse</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 31, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">This week’s high-level ministerial meeting about gender equality in international development assistance should promote the rights and needs of women with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said today. Specifically, governments should address the marginalization of women with disabilities in the declaration to be adopted on July 1, 2010.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430191420/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/25/un-emphasize-rights-development-agenda">UN: Emphasize Rights in Development Agenda</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 25, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda should be grounded in human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the UN High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130430191420/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/24/letter-high-level-panel-eminent-persons-post-2015-development-agenda">Letter to the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 24, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch welcomes the High-level Panel’s efforts to advance a Post-2015 Development Agenda that seeks to learn from and build on the progress achieved through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Post-2015 consultations have revealed a strong international consensus for placing human rights at the center of the Post-2015 framework. 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