ADDC Bulletin October 2023 edition

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ADDC Bulletin: October 2023 edition 

ADDC NEWS 

• Australian Government’s forthcoming Disability Equity and Rights Strategy (IDEARS) 
• Join our advocacy for an ambitious IDEARS 
• IDPD webinar – Shifting power: Championing rights at the intersection of gender equality and disability equity 
• IDPD Toolkit now available 

IN THE NEWS 

• More than 30 Australian humanitarian agencies sign joint letter calling on Government to act on Gaza 
• Celebrating a homegrown Pacific Movement for inclusion 
• Scaling up access to assistive technology in the Pacific 
• Persons with disabilities raise urgency for action-oriented interventions at the SDG Summit 
• Honouring the legacy of Judy Heumann, Mother of the Disability Rights Movement, 2023 IFES Charles T Manatt Democracy Awards 

NEW RESOURCES 

• Report: The impact of climate change – from people with disabilities from the places we work 
• Report: 2023- Global survey report on Persons with Disabilities and Disaster  
• Brief: No woman left behind – closing the gender and inclusion gap in eye health- why improving women’s eye health is essential to achieving the SDGs 
• Brief: Gender equality and disability equity – an intersectional approach 
• Toolkit: Including Women and Girls with Disabilities in World Bank Operations  
• Estimating the extra disability expenditures for the design of inclusive social protection policies 
• DevPolicy blog: The path toward inclusive social protection for people with disabilities in the Pacific 

YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED 

• Make Your Voices Count! Calls for Input from Organizations of Persons with Disabilities 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

• Disability Leadership Oration 

OPPORTUNITIES 

• Disability Leadership Oration  
• Senior Disability and Inclusion Advisor  
• Program Manager – DFAT Partnership 

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