Welcome to the August 2011 Edition of the Australian Disability and Development Consortium’s (ADDC) Newsletter. The intent of the Newsletter is to update Members on ADDC activities and is only published 2 to 3 times a year, whereas the ADDC Bulletin is information from around the world relating to disability in development and distributed at least twice a month.
This edition will provide updates on ADDC activity throughout 2011 in relation to our main objectives, as well as providing information about activities our Members have been involved in.
Exciting new resources- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is available in many Pacific languages. ( Source PDF)
The Australian launch of the World Report on Disability was held as a luncheon in Parliament House in Canberra on June 21st 2011.
ADDC and ACFID were privileged to have a group of prominent speakers at the event to share their insight on disability inclusive development.
Speakers included (in order of appearance):
Professor Ron McCallum AO - Chair of UN Committee on CRPD; Senior Australian of the Year
Antoni Tsaputra- Australian Development Scholar recipient
Hon. Kevin Rudd- Minister for Foreign Affairs
Hon. Julie Bishop- Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Senator Jan McLucas- Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers
Professor Mary Crock- Associate Dean (Postgraduate Research) & wife of Professor McCallum
Implementing disability-inclusive development in the Pacific and Asia
This issue of the Development Bulletin considers progress in the Asia and Pacific Regions in incorporating disability within development-related legislation, strategies, planning and practice. It reviews how, and the extent to which, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has been implemented to advance the human rights of those with disability and considers, from a variety of different perspectives, the experience and achievements in disability-inclusive practice. This journal is based largely on the papers and discussion from the second ADDC/ANU international disability conference ‘Implementing disability-inclusive development in the Pacific and Asia’ held in Darwin, September 15-17, 2010, and the two subsequent roundtables on good practice and research.
Monday, August 22, 2011
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