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But for many of the 1.2 billion people with disabilities around the world, that simply isn\u2019t true \u2013 not as a matter of law, policy, or practice. Discriminatory laws and practices hold people with disabilities back, and any hope of reducing inequality globally requires tackling this issue head on.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-media embedded-entity-bundle-image embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022figure figure--expand text-center\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__media relative inline-block mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/modal\/20739\u0022 rel=\u0022modal:open\u0022 class=\u0022figure__link\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/480w\/public\/media\/images\/photographs\/IMG_8310.JPG?itok=GL62_cS9 480w, \/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/media\/images\/photographs\/IMG_8310.JPG?itok=Y-4wBJiF 850w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(max-width: 524px) 100px, 500px\u0022 data-responsive-image-style=\u0022embedded_images\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/media\/images\/photographs\/IMG_8310.JPG?itok=Y-4wBJiF\u0022 width=\u0022850\u0022 height=\u0022567\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__expand absolute block bottom-0 right-0 w-8 h-8 bg-white text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022sr-only\u0022\u003EClick to expand Image\u003C\/span\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-expand\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022figure__info text-left font-serif text-xs md:text-sm lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003ERestraints on a bed in a seclusion room in Lopa\u010da Psychiatric Hospital, in southwest Croatia. There are no official guidelines on the use of restraints in Croatia, allowing for broad discretion on the use of physical and chemical restraints and seclusion by healthcare staff in psychiatric hospitals.\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 2014 Emina \u0106erimovi\u0107\/Human Rights Watch\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tMelati, a 29-year-old woman with a mental health condition living in a village in central Java in Indonesia, was locked in a goat shed by her father for four years. \u201cMy father forced me into it like an animal,\u201d she told me. \u201cNo one stopped him. I was crying. My life inside was very sorrowful. It was very dirty and smelly inside the shed; there was goat feces all over. I could only lie down in the shed; I couldn\u2019t even sit up.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tIn \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/09\/16\/break-shackles-stigma-mental-health-care-indonesia\u0022\u003EIndonesia\u003C\/a\u003E, more than 57,000 people with psychosocial disabilities like Melati have been chained or otherwise locked up at least once in their lives, despite a ban on shackling since 1977. Because families frequently have no access to mental health programs and support services or basic education regarding people with disabilities, they resort to shackling their relatives with disabilities. Those with disabilities are deprived in taking part in development assistance programs.\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022quote\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-left embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-paragraph embedded-entity-bundle-pullquote embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--left\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n \n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022pull-quote-block py-12 leading-tight max-w-xs mx-auto\u0022\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022pull-quote-block__quote md:text-2xl font-sans font-bold pl-10 md:pl-16 relative\u0022\u003E\n In many countries, people with disabilities often experience discrimination on a daily basis, which may further limit economic opportunities and the ability to benefit from or contribute to development. \n \u003Cspan class=\u0022pull-quote-block__quote-icon text-gray-400 absolute top-0 left-0 w-6 md:w-10\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-quote-open\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022pull-quote-block__credit font-sans mt-6 pl-10 md:pl-16\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022pull-quote-block__author text-sm md:text-lg font-bold\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022pull-quote-block__title text-xs md:text-sm\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\tFor many people living with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities, experiences like Melati\u2019s are not uncommon. Human Rights Watch research in countries such as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/10\/06\/croatia-locked-and-neglected\u0022\u003ECroatia\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/07\/15\/zambia-people-disabilities-left-behind-hiv-response\u0022\u003EZambia\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/04\/28\/central-african-republic-people-disabilities-left-behind\u0022\u003ECentral African Republic\u003C\/a\u003E has found that archaic laws and a failure to include people with disabilities in development assistance programs has often relegated them to the status of second class citizens.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\tFor example, a person with a disability may face inequalities in accessing food, water, education, health care, or employment simply because where they live they is not accessible for someone in a wheelchair; information is not available in accessible formats such as braille; or there is so much stigma associated with disability that the person is socially and economically ostracized.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022report\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-node embedded-entity-bundle-report embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related flex md:ml-8\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related__image flex-none\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/report\/2014\/12\/03\/treated-worse-animals\/abuses-against-women-and-girls-psychosocial-or-intellectual\u0022 class=\u0022media-related__image-link\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cimg src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/media\/images\/report-covers\/india1214_reportcover.jpg?itok=7uroAyFU\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 class=\u0022unloaded\u0022 width=\u002277\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022 \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related__content pl-4\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related__info text-base text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ctime class=\u0022media-related__date\u0022 datetime=\u00222014-12-03T00:45:52-0500\u0022\u003EDecember 3, 2014\u003C\/time\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related__title text-gray-900 text-2xl leading-tight font-medium font-sans mt-1\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/report\/2014\/12\/03\/treated-worse-animals\/abuses-against-women-and-girls-psychosocial-or-intellectual\u0022 class=\u0022media-related__title-link hover:underline focus:underline\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cTreated Worse than Animals\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022media-related__subtitle text-gray-700 text-lg font-serif font-normal leading-snug py-2\u0022\u003EAbuses against Women and Girls with Psychosocial or Intellectual Disabilities in 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\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\tIn many countries, people with disabilities often experience discrimination on a daily basis, which may further limit economic opportunities and the ability to benefit from or contribute to development. For example, in India a person with a mental health condition or intellectual disability can be formally stripped of the right to vote, marry, open a bank account, manage property, or even make their own medical decisions. Deepali, a woman who was locked up in a mental hospital in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/12\/03\/india-women-disabilities-locked-away-and-abused\u0022\u003EIndia\u003C\/a\u003E told me, \u201cYou are treated worse than animals; it\u2019s an alternate reality.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\tLaws, policies, and programs that do not ensure equality for people with disabilities reinforce and validate discriminatory behavior and at the same time undermine development efforts. As global leaders come together to create a new development agenda that leaves \u201cno one behind,\u201d abolishing laws and practices that discriminate against people with disabilities and investment in disability-inclusive development is essential to meeting the objectives of the goals. In particular, countries should recognize that reducing inequalities, as outlined in Sustainable Development Goal 10, is an empty promise if targets don\u2019t address people with disabilities.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\t\u00a0\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]