ADDC Bulletin: March-April 2020 edition

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COVID-19 INFORMATION REGARDING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

ADDC News

• New Executive Officer appointed

IN THE NEWS

• Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers agree to establish a Pacific Humanitarian Pathway on COVID-19
• Update on 13th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Update on 23rd session of the Committee of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• COVID-19: Who is protecting the people with disabilities? – UN rights expert
• Joint Statement: “Persons with Disabilities and COVID-19” of the CRPD Committee Chair and Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility
• Joint Statement on COVID-19 and persons with psychosocial disabilities
• Global Compact on Inclusive and Accessible Cities

NEW RESOURCES:

COVID-19 RESOURCES

• Guidance note by CBM Australia: Disability inclusion in COVID-19 preparedness and response
• Guidelines by Pacific Disability Forum: Disability inclusion in COVID-19 response
• Publication by World Health Organisation (WHO): Disability considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak
• Webinar from IDA: COVID-19 Crisis and Promoting Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities
• Webinar: COVID-19 response and Women with Disabilities in Asia and Pacific
• Webinar: Disability inclusion in COVID-19 responses in the world of work

OTHER RESOURCES

• Webinar: IASC guidelines on inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action
• Report by ACFID’s Humanitarian Reference Group (HRG): “A Fit for the Future Humanitarian Agenda”
• Report on Principles to Guide Development of new Infrastructure in the Pacific – “Building Together”
• Film about disability rights: “Defiant Lives”
• Devex Article: “From CSR into HR: Disability inclusion in the workplace”
• Report by the International Rescue Committee on the Rights of persons with disabilities in refugee areas in Tanzania
• Website: Disability Insider: On disability, accessibility and universal design

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT

• Pacific Islands COVID-19 surveys
• Disability Rights Monitor COVID-19 survey
• WBU survey on COVID-19
• Women Enable International survey on COVID-19

CONFERENCES, TRAINING & EVENTS

• 3rd CBR/CBID World Congress
• Save the Date: International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disabilities Conference

EMPLOYMENT and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Call for Applications: UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
• Call for Submissions: UN SDG Action Awards
• Call for proposals: Research into audiological profiles and the operational experience of using pre-programmable hearing aids

NEWSLETTERS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS

• East Wind 29, January 2020
• Source E-Bulletin, Spring (Northern) 2020
• UN DESA Voice March 2020
• UN DESA Voice April 2020
• World Federation of the Deaf: Special COVID-19