TY - JOUR
T1 - Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities and its take on sexuality
AU - Ruiz, Felipe Jaramillo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s).
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - After analysing the concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, hereafter referred to as the Committee, this paper examines how the Committee has sustained a protective, medical, and gender binary model to address the sexual and reproductive rights of persons with disabilities. To break away from this narrow approach to sexuality, I call for an understanding of sex/gender that is more fluid and shifting, recognising the ability of persons with disabilities to express and act upon desire consensually, and bringing into the discussion issues of sexual orientation and gender identity.
AB - After analysing the concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, hereafter referred to as the Committee, this paper examines how the Committee has sustained a protective, medical, and gender binary model to address the sexual and reproductive rights of persons with disabilities. To break away from this narrow approach to sexuality, I call for an understanding of sex/gender that is more fluid and shifting, recognising the ability of persons with disabilities to express and act upon desire consensually, and bringing into the discussion issues of sexual orientation and gender identity.
KW - CRPD
KW - Disability
KW - Sex/gender
KW - Sexuality
KW - The convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038100672&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09688080.2017.1332449
DO - 10.1080/09688080.2017.1332449
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 28784074
AN - SCOPUS:85038100672
SN - 0968-8080
VL - 25
SP - 92
EP - 103
JO - Reproductive Health Matters
JF - Reproductive Health Matters
IS - 50
ER -