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The goal of the summit was to lead lasting change in the lives of millions of people with disabilities. To succeed, it is crucial that governments, international organizations, civil society and private business commit themselves to increased efforts to promote inclusion and rights-based development.
Different focus areas were highlighted through the two overarching themes of meaningful participation and reconstruction in the light of COVID-19. These are universal issues in line with the UN's sustainability agenda, but the summit focused on the countries that are furthest from…
Raising awareness of disability, disability inclusion and the rights of children with disabilities are key parts of the care reform processes in all countries. Through influencing those who currently operate, fund, support or develop policies around the residential care facilities (sometimes called institutions, children’s homes or orphanages) we can ensure that children with disabilities are not left behind. The policy makers with responsibility for systems of care and protection, providers of services for children, families and communities all may stigmatize or discriminate against families…
This guidance specifically refers to mapping of services as the process of locating and sharing information to a wide range of people about available services to support children with disabilities and their families.
The mapping of services and resources to support inclusion of children with disabilities involves finding out what services and resources are available, their quality and their accessibility. By creating this type of listing, social workers, other professionals working with children/families and families themselves know where they can go to…
This is a presentation for a half-day workshop on participation and self-advocacy approaches for working with children with disabilities and their families; includes slides, facilitation notes and a sample list of country-specific disability rights.
The target audience are family strengthening and care reform practitioners or residential care facilities to promote disability inclusion in family strengthening or care reform
Use this workshop package to build staff capacity to meaningfully promote participation of children with disabilities in care reform activities; this package may also…
A coalition of six disability rights organisations has launched a major international monitoring initiative entitled “COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor” to conduct rapid independent monitoring of state measures concerning persons with disabilities. The world is facing enormous challenges nowadays caused by COVID-19. To support the global understanding of consequences of these challenges on persons with disabilities, this Initiative seeks to gather information (i) on the experiences of persons with disabilities, and (ii) on how States are responding to states of emergency situations in…