ADDC bulletin November 2023

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ADDC Bulletin: November 2023 edition 

ADDC NEWS 

• Be part of shifting the dial towards disability equity in our region – sign and share our petition for IDPD 
• Join our advocacy for an ambitious IDEARS 
• Shifting power webinar: Championing rights at intersection of gender equality & disability equity 
• Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade report 

IN THE NEWS 

• CBM’s IDPD campaign: Towards equity for people with disabilities  
• ACFID’s comment on the JSCFADT report 
• New Partnership to Support Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Pacific 
• Urgent Call to Protect the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Gaza 
• Gaza: Israeli attacks, blockade devastating for people with disabilities 
• Launching the Addis Declaration 

NEW RESOURCES 

• Missing voices: Inclusion of women with disabilities in gender programming and women’s movements 
• Re-establishing DFAT’s leadership on disability equity and rights: How the OECD-DAC disability marker can help 
• Gender Equality and Disability Equity: An intersectional approach 
• Preconditions influencing the development of post-secondary training programs in universities for individuals with intellectual disabilities 
• Can fintech facilitate financial inclusion of people with disabilities in Bangladesh? 
• Inclusion works: Lessons learned on the inclusion of people with disabilities in a food security project for ultra poor women in Bangladesh 

YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED 

• Call for Submissions: new International Disability Equity and Rights Strategy 
• Make Your Voices Count! Calls for Input from Organizations of Persons with Disabilities  

OPPORTUNITIES 

• Government Relations and Policy Advisor 
• Program Manager – DFAT Partnership 

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