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2018 World Autism Awareness Day observance on
"Empowering Women and Girls with Autism"
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Economic and Social Council Chamber, United Nations Headquarters
The 2018 World Autism Awareness Day observance at United Nations…
This year’s celebration was under the theme “What I bring to the Workplace” – Enabling all people with Down syndrome to contribute and live valued working lives, to be fully included in the community.
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The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 March to 23 March 2018. The priority theme for CSW62 is challenges and opportunities in achieving gender…
Mr. Javed Abidi, a globally known disability rights activist passed away on 4 March 2018 in his hometown New Delhi. He was 53. Mr. Abidi was the Director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) and also the…
The 56th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD56) held a High-level Panel Discussion on “Towards inclusive, resilient and sustainable development: an evidence-based approach to the mainstreaming of disability in the implementation…
When one thinks of the work of the United Nations for persons with disabilities, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol usually come to mind. Adopted on 13 December 2006 and entered into…
In 2017, a number of ‘transformative’ initiatives were taken by the international community to make the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a reality by, for and with persons with disabilities.
The 2030 Agenda with the principle of “leaving no…