ADDC Bulletin February 2018

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February 2018 CONTENTS

ADDC NEWS

• Have your say in ADDC’s next strategy
• International Women’s Day – Communications Kit for you!
• Become an ADDC member for FREE

LATEST SECTOR NEWS

• International Day of Sign Languages declared by the United Nations
• Name Change for Handicap International
• Disability-inclusive Education in Africa Trust Fund
• New research shows ‘Learning for All’ must include children with disabilities

NEW RESOURCES

• Key recommendations for an Inclusive Urban Agenda
• Celebrating APIDS

 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT

• ICT Accessibility and Digital Inclusion in Development Efforts Survey: International Development Stakeholder Feedback Needed
• WBU members survey

JOB and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Senior Human Rights Advisor, International Disability Alliance
• Disability Assessment Consultant, PNG, Australian Lutheran World Service
• National Disability Conference Initiative
• Funding to attend the 38^th Session of the Human Rights Council, June-July 2018

CONFERENCES and EVENTS

• Free online course on Global Health and Disability
• International Conference on Accessible Adventure, Kathmandu, Nepal, 29-31 March 2018
• 2018 Helen Keller World Conference, Benidorm, Spain, 19-27 June, 2018
• XVIII World Conference of the World Federation of the Deaf, Paris, France, 23-27 July, 2019
• International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Conference 2018, Gold Coast, Australia, 21-26 July 2018

NEWSLETTERS from OTHER ORGANISATIONS

• DfID Disability Newsletter, February 2018
• Handicap International’s Source E-Bulletin: Autumn 2017
• IDA Bulletin on High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2018
• UN Enable Newsletter December 2017-January 2018
• DfID Disability Newsletter December 2017
• Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD) Vietnam, Newsletter January 2018
• Light for the World, Disability Inclusion Lab
• East Wind No. 24, January 2018 (newsletter of the World Blind Union Asia Pacific Region)