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"A government may allocate additional funds to programmes benefitting historically disadvantaged groups in order to enable such groups to enjoy their rights on a par with others in society."
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UN (OHCHR): Realizing Human Rights Through Government Budgets, p. 33

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Realizing Human Rights Through Government Budgets

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  • Temporary special measures to achieve de facto equality for women can include financially assisting and training women candidates, amending electoral procedures, developing campaigns directed at equal participation, and targeting women for appointment to public positions, or the use of quotas.
  • Measures to promote participation by persons with disabilities may include financial incentives to political parties.
  • Political parties could support the participation of persons with disabilities by involving them as members, nominating on electable positions on candidate lists, targetted financial support, and making campaign events and programmes accessible.
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