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ADDC Bulletin September 2018


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September 2018 Bulletin CONTENTS

IN THE NEWS

  • UNICEF and SPC partner to improve data for children, women and people with disabilities across the Pacific Islands
  • Historical event at the CRPD – first expert with intellectual disability to chair a session of an international human rights body
  • Persons with Disabilities and Climate Change
  • UN CRPD and CEDAW Committees Call for Guarantee of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Women with Disabilities
  • Nepali Women with Disabilities Build Advocacy Skills to Engage Government Officials

 

NEW RESOURCES

  • Guide to implementing Washington Group Questions in Arab Countries
  • Global report on the situation of persons with Deafblindness
  • Four myths about mental health in development
  • USICD White Paper on International Development Disability Policy and Practice
  • Intersectional analysis of how gender and disability influence the ability of the poor to benefit from pro-poor health financing policies in Kenya

 

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT

  • Call for submissions on Best Practice DRR

 

CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

  • 6TH Pacific Regional Conference on Disability, 25 Feb – 1 Mar, 2019
  • WFD-WASU International Sign Interpreter Accreditation Application 2018
  • ACFID Conference, 30-31 Oct, 2018
  • 9th International Conference on Human Rights Education, 26-29 Nov, 2018
  • ‘Leadership in Mental Health’ Course, 3- 14 Dec, 2018
  • XVIII World Conference of the World Federation of the Deaf, 23-27 July, 2019

 

NEWSLETTERS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS

  • Light for the World: Disability Inclusion Lab (northern) summer highlights
  • UN DESA Voice: Newsletter September 2018
  • Global Disability Rights Now Bulletin August 2018
  • United Nations Enable Newsletter July-August 2018
  • East Wind, the newsletter of the World blind Union Asia Pacific Region, 26 September, 2018
  • Australian Network on Disability update on the Invictus Games to be held in Sydney
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