ADDC Bulletin: October 2022 edition

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ADDC Bulletin: October 2022 edition 

ADDC NEWS 

• Increase to federal aid budget for disability inclusion
• ACFID Conference – on now! 
• Have your say to shape the new Australian government development policy 

IN THE NEWS 

• ACFID marks a strong start to re-building aid program
• Aid Sector Welcomes New Development Policy 
• CBM Australia | APCMDRR Wrap Up 
• High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Final Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022 
• Flipping the script on inclusive employment 
• IDA’s compilations of CRPD Committee’s Concluding Observations 

NEW RESOURCES 

• Experiences of people with physical disabilities when accessing microfinance services in Bangladesh: A qualitative study 
• Towards Transformation: Shifting Social Norms for Transformative WASH 
• Rohingya Refugee Response: Disability Inclusion Tip Sheet 

Webinar recordings 

• Day of General Discussion on racial discrimination and the right to health organized by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 
• UNFPA Transformative Agenda (23 August 2022) 

YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED 

• Call for short articles on aid and development from Pacific scholars 
• Call for abstracts for 5th Asia-Pacific CBID Congress  

UPCOMING EVENTS 

• ACFID National Conference 2022: Healthy Planet, Healthy Communities – Acting with evidence, equity, and inclusion for a resilient future  
• Australasian AID Conference 2022  
• 7th Pacific Regional Conference on Disability – “Nothing without us: Deepening partnership for an inclusive recovery for the Blue Pacific Continent in a post COVID world” 
• 5th Asia-Pacific Community-based Inclusive Development Congress 2023 
• Launch of WHO Training in Assistive Products 

OPPORTUNITIES 

• Director of Program Impact 
• “Stepping Into Program” for students with disability 
• ACFID online course ‘Introduction to Disability Inclusive Development’ 

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