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ADDC Bulletin June 2018


June 2018 Bulletin CONTENTS

ADDC NEWS

  • ADDC Practitioner Interest Forum – Stories of Change 20 July 2018

NEW RESOURCES

  • New PLAN report on Sexual and Reproductive Health of young women with disabilities
  • The World Bank launches its first Disability Inclusion and Accountability Framework
  • Employment for people with psychiatric disabilities in Africa
  • Disabilities in Developing Countries
  • Disability in North Africa
  • Disability-inclusive DRM
  • Accountability on Article 32
  • Review of DFID’s approach to disability in development
  • Barriers to Healthcare Services for People with Disabilities in Developing Countries
  • The TAAP Toolkit and Guide for Inclusive Development

IN THE NEWS

  • ADDC congratulates Australia’s Rosemary Kayess on her election to the UN Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities
  • Ana Pelez is the first woman with disabilities to be elected as a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT

  • Communications Procedure of the Commission on the Status of Women
  • Requesting your inputs: UN Questionnaire for organizations with disability focus
  • Call for NEW Applications to Attend the Civil Society Forum (one day pass only)

JOBS AND FUNDING

  • 2019 USP Regional Disability Scholarship

 CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

  • First Peoples Disability Network Australia 2018 Conference
  • World Blind Union – Asia Pacific Mid-Term Regional General Assembly

NEWSLETTERS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS

  • UN Enable Newsletter – Special Issue 11th COSP
  • Disability Inclusion Lab. News from Light for the World June 2018
  • UN DESA Voice June 2018
  • DRD Vietnam May 2018
  • East Wind June 2018

 

ADDC June 2018 Bulletin can be accessed here