Article 31 of the CRPD requires States to collect information that enables them to formulate and implement CRPD-consistent policies that is "disaggregated".
And this was not helped by the recent election to the CRPD.
The CRPD requires governments to consider gender balance when they vote for committee members (article 34), but this measure has clearly fallen short.
The fact that women and girls with disabilities are not represented in a body such as the CRPD proves that we are still decades behind in terms of thinking about their inclusion.
Campaigners have welcomed the inquiry, pointing out that an investigation is only triggered if the CRPD considers the submission of "reliable information indicating grave and systematic violation" of disabled people's rights is strong enough to warrant further scrutiny.
The first step is ratifying the CRPD.
Some in Washington argue that the CRPD is superfluous.
Why has the Senate refused to ratify the CRPD?
To date over 160 countries have signed the CRPD.
Failure of the Senate to ratify the CRPD only strengthens NOD's resolve to dispel the myths offered by the opposition and secure ratification of the CRPD in the next session of Congress".
They work with countries all over the world helping them create policies and solutions to sign, ratify and implement the CRPD.
