Accessing sexual and reproductive health services and reproductive rights for all persons with disabilities
Persons with disabilities have equal needs to access sexual and reproductive health-care services as those without disabilities and have similar requirements for family planning and childbirth. However, misperceptions about persons with disabilities and the assumption that persons with disabilities are not sexually active has contributed to little attention being paid to ensuring that persons with […]
Doha International Conference on Disability and Development Concludes with 11 Recommendations
The Doha International Conference on Disability and Development was held on 7-8 December 2019, under the guidance and patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Founder of Qatar Foundation for Social Work and its affiliated civil society centers. The conference’s landmark outcome – the Doha Declaration – forms a core reference point internationally for policy […]
Secretary-General Stresses Persons with Disabilities are Central to Achieving Promise of 2030 Agenda
Speakers in yesterday’s launch of the observance of the 2019 International Day of Persons with Disabilities – held at United Nations Headquarters in New York – stressed that the voices of persons with disabilities serve to make society more inclusive and sustainable and are essential to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The event […]
Doha International Conference on Disability and Development 2019
The Doha International Conference on Disability and Development was held on 7-8 December 2019, under the guidance and patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Founder of Qatar Foundation for Social Work and its affiliated civil society centers. The overall theme of the conference was “Harnessing the Power of Sustainable Development to Advance the Rights […]
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), 3 December 2019
Since 1992, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) has been annually observed on 3 December around the world. The theme for this 2019 IDPD is ‘Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities and their leadership: taking action on the 2030 Development Agenda’. The theme focuses on the empowerment of persons with disabilities for […]
Ending poverty and hunger for all persons with disabilities
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 SDGs provide a powerful framework to guide local communities, countries and the international community toward the achievement of disability-inclusive development. The 2030 Agenda pledges to leave no one behind, including persons with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups and recognizes disability as a cross-cutting issue to be […]
Disability Strategies and Action Plans by Country/Area
National disability strategies and action plans can play an important role in coordinating and guiding the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities (CRPD) by highlighting areas which will be prioritized at the national level. Disability strategies and action plans typically present measures and milestones which a country intends to reach by the end […]
Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities at the UNGA 74th Session
On 24 September, both Mr. Jose Viera and Mr. Mohammed Loutfy presented on behalf of the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities presented at the SDG Summit CSO Forum. On 25 September, Mr. Jose Viera, Chief Executive Officer, World Blind Union and Permanent Representative of the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities officially presented following […]
Disability and Development Report
Disability-inclusive development is an essential condition for a sustainable future. In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, pledging to leave no one behind in the global efforts to realize the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Resources
Reports, resolutions and other documents related to the UN intergovernmental process from the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Commission for Social Development, the Human Rights Council, and the Inter-Agency Support Group (IASG) for the CRPD.
