ADDC Bulletin March 2019

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March 2019 Bulletin CONTENTS

ADDC NEWS

• We are hiring!
• ADDC Practitioner Interest Forum: Building Organisational Inclusion
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IN THE NEWS

• Pacific Disability Forum Launches monitoring report on SDGs and CRPD
• Missed the 6^th Pacific Regional Conference on Disabilities?
• World Bank: 800 million reasons why disability is a key development issue
• Announcing New JIU Review on Enhancing Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities to Conferences and Meetings of the United Nations System
• New Blog post on the ACFID Blog site: Applying Quality Principle 1: Uniting the P, the G and the I for collective impact
• This café in Yogyakarta serves more than just coffee
• Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities for Sustainable Development: UN Regional Sustainable Development Forums

 

NEW RESOURCES

• Neglected in health and development; mental health and psychosocial disability
• Disability-inclusive WASH resources online

 

CONFERENCES, TRAINING and EVENTS

• ACFID Member Information Forums, 28 Mar (Melbourne), 11 April (Sydney)
• 4^th Asia-Pacific Community-Based Inclusive Development (CBID) Congress 2019
• XVIII World Conference of the World Federation of the Deaf, 23-27 July, 2019

 

EMPLOYMENT and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Political Lead, Advocacy and Policy, CBM Australia
• Consultant developer –Website accessibility expert, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

 

NEWSLETTERS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS

• Disability Data Advocacy Working Group Newsletter #2- February
• UN DESA Voice: Newsletter March 2019