International Day of People with Disabilities 2010
Fri, Dec 3, 2010
What is the IDPwD?
The International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) aims to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of individuals.
This day to raise the awareness and importance of integration of persons with disabilities, in every aspect of the political, social, economic and cultural life of their communities.
The 2010 theme is based on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
What is the MDG’s?
Click on an MDG to find out more about each goal or download a Summary of MDG’s here
Video – Reflections on MDGs
Listen to some reflections on how we can mainstream the MDGs by 2015
Where is ‘Disability’?
It is widely recognised that people with disability are among the poorest and most vulnerable in developing countries.
The United Nations estimates that approximately 10 per cent of the world’s population, or approximately 650 million people, have a disability and about 80 per cent of the population with a disability live in developing countries.
Poverty is both a cause and consequence of disability. Learn more >
To achieve the targets set for the MDGs and to alleviate poverty, people with disability must be actively included in development activities and processes.
We hear a lot about the MDGs; but not always how they are relevant and impact on people with disabilities.
Learn More about Poverty AND Disability
Disability and the MDGs:
Visit CBM Australia – CBM is the world’s largest non-government organisation working with people with disabilities in developing countries.
Spare a thought today the 100s of million persons with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific region who have no jobs, few rights and very little voice. Let’s hope that this coming decade will be remembered as time when people not only realized that disability and poverty are massive, intertwined global problems, but also did something about it, with persons with disabilities leading the way. The situation is changing – but a lot more work lies ahead at all levels. Paul Deany
Disability Rights Fund wwww.drf.org