Persons with disabilities are among the most vulnerable groups in times of food insecurity and other emergencies. They and their families may not be able to access emergency response services due to difficulties in mobility, hearing, seeing and understanding. Disability inclusion is essential for effective and good quality humanitarian practice. With this in mind, CBM Australia and Plan International Australia have released a new fact sheet, providing base level information to practitioners for awareness raising, training, advocacy, project design and proposal writing.
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
The WHO Director-General and a senior official of the World Bank will launch the World report on disability at the United Nations Building in New York, USA in the presence of high-level representatives from Member States, celebrities with disabilities, together with representatives of disabled people’s organizations, professional groups and non-governmental organizations.
WHO has released a series [...]
May 25th 2011
ADDC held its first Practitioner Interest Group meeting on May 25th 2011 at World Vision offices.
The Minutes and reports and presentation notes are available for your information. Please feel free to add comment and join us at the next meeting.
Link to report: 20110525 Minutes ADDC Interest Group
Link to presentations:
An Inclusive Education Case Study from [...]
Monday, August 1, 2011
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