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employment, professional and vocational training as well as
their participation in decision-making;
b)
ensure the right of women with disabilities to freedom from
violence, including sexual abuse, discrimination based on
disability and the right to be treated with dignity.
Article 24
Special Protection of Women in Distress
The States Parties undertake to:
a)
ensure the protection of poor women and women heads of
families including women from marginalized population
groups and provide an environment suitable to their
condition and their special physical, economic and social
needs;
b)
ensure the right of pregnant or nursing women or women
in detention by providing them with an environment which
is suitable to their condition and the right to be treated
with dignity.
Article 25
Remedies
States Parties shall undertake to:
a)
provide for appropriate remedies to any woman whose
rights or freedoms, as herein recognised, have been
violated;
b)
ensure that such remedies are determined by competent
judicial, administrative or legislative authorities, or by any
other competent authority provided for by law.