From this research a report will be issued, drawing from information collected through the DRPI Law and Policy Monitoring Template. This assessment tool has been developed to collect, evaluate, report and track information about protections of the rights of persons with disabilities found in national laws, policies and programs, using the principles and rights established in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and other international human rights instruments as benchmarks.
In the current project, the DRPI Template was adapted in order to give it a more clear gender focus. Therefore, the tool will guide monitors in their work to identify the extent to which national legislative and policy frameworks protect and promote the human rights of women with disabilities. Through a series of questions and research guidelines, the Template measures both the laws and the programs currently on the books as well as the degree to which women with disabilities enjoy their rights in practice.