ADDC Bulletin: June 2020 edition

Download (docx)

ADDC Bulletin: June 2020 edition

ADDC news

• ACFID/ADDC webinar on ‘Disability-inclusive Practice & Research: COVID-19 & Beyond’

In the news

• Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) appoints new Director of Operations
• Call to Action: For an inclusive COVID-19 response in education in Africa
• Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UN – Speech by World Blind Union (WBU) CEO & Permanent Representative of the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities
• IDA statement in solidarity with the anti-racism movement
• IDA and IDDC joint statement on World Refugee Day 2020
• Updates on the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2020

Featured resources

• Guidance Report: “Research for All: Making Research Inclusive of People with Disabilities”
• New guidance on CRPD reporting on persons with disabilities in humanitarian emergencies by CBM, Humanity & Inclusion, and the International Disability Alliance

COVID-19 resources

• ILO Brief: COVID-19 and the World of Work: Ensuring the inclusion of persons with disabilities at all stages of the response
• Humanity & Inclusion (HI) Report: Inclusive humanitarian response to COVID-19
• Results from the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor survey
• Website: Disability Evidence Portal (DEP)

Webinar recordings

• UNESCAP webinar recording: “Protecting and Empowering Persons with Disabilities in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic”
• i2i webinar 5 recording: COVID-19 and women with disabilities and employment
• Webinar recording: Enhancing Disability Inclusive Practices in Humanitarian Action and Volunteer Management: Overview of a Collaborative Approach
• Webinar series: Inclusion International
• Inclusive Education: Before, during and after COVID-19
• Webinar: “The Unsteady Path” by Bridging the Gap project

Your input is needed

• First Nations People with Disability issues paper
• Survey: People with Disabilities and Disasters
• Request for abstracts: Disability Studies Quarterly
• Call for Contributions: Mapping the Disability Experience in COVID-19

Upcoming events

• Online workshop: Principles of Disability-Inclusive Development
• Online course: Integrated Healthcare for Children with Developmental Disabilities

Opportunities

• Vacancies: UN Talent Programme for Young People with Disabilities
• Vacancy: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) consultants
• Funding opportunity: Letter of Interest open for DPOs in Haiti and Uganda

Newsletters from Other Organisations

• Global Accessibility News, Issue 5
• Polio News, May 2020
• UN DESA Voice June 2020