ADDC Bulletin: February 2020

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ADDC Bulletin: February 2020

ADDC NEWS

• ADDC submission for the International Development Policy Review
• ADDC Executive Committee annual meeting
• Update on DFAT consultations
• Response to Senate Estimates Questions
• Applications open for position of ADDC Executive Officer
• Calendar of 2020 Key Events and Days

IN THE NEWS

• Putting Disability Inclusion into Practice in the Rohingya Refugee Response
• Reference Group on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action Established
• Doha Declaration to Promote Rights of 1.5 Billion Persons with Disabilities Worldwide

NEW RESOURCES

• Dependency on Australian aid and the introduction of inclusive education initiatives in Kiribati
• Launch of New Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (iDRR) Application
• “Easy-Read” version: Disability and Development Report 2018 – Executive Summary
• UNJIU prepares the first-ever ‘Easy Read’ version of a report summary
• UN Enable new webpage: Disability Acts/Laws by Country/Area
• New Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Report: Awareness raising under Article 8, CRPD

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT

• Calling for inputs: Submission of the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities to HLPF 2020
• Calling for inputs: Submission of the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities re youth with disabilities
• Women Deliver Young Leaders Program

CONFERENCES, TRAINING & EVENTS

• Global Conference, Measure What Matters: Data To Leave No One Behind
• World Blind Union (WBU) General Assembly 2020
• 3rd CBR/CBID World Congress
• Save the Date: International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disabilities Conference

EMPLOYMENT and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• ADDC Executive Officer
• Occupational Therapist (Psychiatry)
• Physiotherapist Trainer
• Psychologist Mentor
• Teacher Trainer (Special & Inclusive Education)
• Snowdon Masters Scholarships: Accelerating leaders with disability through post-graduate study

NEWSLETTERS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS

• UN DESA Voice January 2020
• UN DESA Voice February 2020
• East Wind 30, December 2019
• Solevaka: A Virtual Community for Pacific SDG Partnerships, December Newsletter