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The Permanent Mission of Greece to UN, in cooperation with the European Parliament, convened a side event on the occasion of COSP16
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“Building up a Disability-Inclusive Democracy: Innovative parliamentary policies and structures to advance…
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In this side event, speakers representing a variety of perspectives discussed impacts of national, regional and international disability strategies and action plans and what determine the success of their implementation. The speakers shared…
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To date, national statistics are only rarely disaggregated by disability status. Often, the little data we find on disability focuses on disability prevalence. This has contributed to persons with disabilities’ being often invisible in human rights…
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On International Day of Education, the African Disability Forum and Humanity & Inclusion release a short video promoting the Manifesto to advance the inclusion of persons with disabilities in education across the African continent.
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An estimated 1 billion people – about 15% of the world’s population – are living with disabilities, and their exclusion has worsened during the global COVID-19 crisis. It is imperative that persons with disabilities do not remain excluded from…
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Eddie Ndopu, an award-winning disability activist from South Africa, and one of 17 United Nations advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals, lives with spinal muscular atrophy, and faces many difficulty daily challenges. Ahead of …
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WeThe15, which aspires to be the biggest ever human rights movement to represent the world’s 1.2 billion persons with disabilities, aims to end discrimination towards persons with disabilities and act as a global movement publicly campaigning for…
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True Colors Festival (TCF), presented by The Nippon Foundation, is a long-running international festival of performing arts that celebrates diversity and inclusion, and the fact that we are One World, One Family. TCF brings people together to…
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Inclusive Futures is a consortium comprised of specialists and global leaders in disability and development from 16 international organisations, working to ensure there are equal opportunities for everyone and a global future that’s disability…
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Accessible Europe is held yearly by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the European Commission (EC) under the framework of the Regional Initiative for Europe on Accessibility, affordability and skills development for all…
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The Special Envoy of the UNSG on Disability and Accessibility has launched a campaign promoting inclusive quality police services for persons with disabilities. The guidelines and video are contributions to the training process of persons working in…
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True Colors Festival (TCF), presented by The Nippon Foundation, is a long-running international festival of performing arts that celebrates diversity and inclusion, and the fact that we are One World, One Family. TCF brings people together to…