ADDC Bulletin: July 2020 edition

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ADDC Bulletin: July 2020 edition

ADDC News

• #EndCOVIDForAll campaign

IN THE NEWS

• Vale Sue Salthouse
• Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) appoints Manager- Public Emergency Response Unit (PERU)
• Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities at the High Level Political Forum
• ‘Pacific Principles of Practice’ launched as a guide towards global human rights implementation
• Joint Statement by the Group of Friends of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities regarding
• COVID-19 and the Rights of Persons with disabilities
• Panel Discussion on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Context of Climate Change

FEATURED RESOURCES:

• Paper: Out of the Margins: An intersectional analysis of disability and diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, expression & sex characteristics in humanitarian and development contexts
• Website: New online hub for disability-inclusive development
• Publication: “Include Me”
• Article: Are Your Virtual Meetings Accessible for People with Disabilities?
• IDA Report: “What an inclusive, equitable, quality education means to us”
• UNESCO Report: 2020 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report
• Summary document: Engaging Social Groups in the VNR Process – A Case Study of Persons with Disabilities and Indigenous Peoples

COVID-19 RESOURCES

• DevPolicy article: COVID and Disability
• Report: Experiences of people with disabilities in COVID-19: A summary of current evidence
• Humanity and Inclusion Report: COVID-19 in Humanitarian Contexts: No excuses to leave persons with disabilities behind! Evidence from HI’s operations in humanitarian settings

Webinar recordings:

• Virtual side-event: “Persons with disabilities in the context of internal displacement” (13th July, 2020)
• #CopingWithCOVID Webinar on Mental Health – “Young People Living the New Normal” (15th July, 2020)
• Webinar series: Inclusion 101

YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED

• Call for input: OHCHR report on participation of persons with disabilities in sports
• Call for input: Survey for children on COVID19
• Call for feedback: GEM Report

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Online accredited program: Participatory Disaster Risk Management Program

OPPORTUNITIES

• Vacancy: Advocacy Advisor
• Vacancy: Disability Inclusion Advisor – DRR & Humanitarian Lead
• Vacancy: National 2020 Events, Advocacy and Dissemination Consultant

NEWSLETTERS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS

• Polio News, June 2020
• Source E-Bulletin: Summer 2020
• UN DESA Voice July 2020