International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPD) is a United Nations (UN) sanctioned day celebrated annually on 3 December. This important day aims to raise awareness and promote action around the rights of people with disabilities and their full inclusion in society.
Our main hashtag for IDPD is #ChampioningDisabilityEquity
It was chosen to reflect ADDC’s mission to journey with others in the international development sector to create a world where we are #ChampioningDisabilityEquity together.
ADDC envisages a world where people with disabilities are fully embraced, celebrated and included in all of Australia’s development initiatives.
The IDPD toolkit aims to support organisations and individuals working in international development in Australia to celebrate and mark International Day of People with Disabilities, or IDPD, on 3 December 2023.
It includes suggestions of how to mark the day with your colleagues and across your organisation, such as holding a morning tea for IDPD.
The toolkit provides guidance on how to join the public conversation around disability rights and inclusion via social media, and how to involve your organisation’s supporters.
Let us know what your organisation has done this year in #ChampioningDisabilityEquity.
Post what you have done to champion disability equity within your own organisation or through your development work on social media. Be sure to tag us so we can share on our own socials in the lead up to IDPD 2023.
Use #ChampioningDisabilityEquity in all your IDPD posts so we can be a loud collective voice celebrating advances in disability inclusion and discuss what still needs to be done to champion disability equity.
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This International Day of People with Disabilities, CBM Australia are platforming the voices of people with disabilities. People with disabilities are the experts in their lives and it is essential that they play a leadership role.
Join them in hearing from people with disabilities in our region, as they share their stories and discuss some of the barriers to inclusion they face.
The global theme for this year’s IDPD is yet to be announced.
You can find global resources on IDPD at: https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities
You can also find resources on disability and growing a more inclusive Australia at: https://www.idpwd.com.au/
Image source: UN DESA
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.
The global theme for this year’s campaign is “UNITE! Activism to end violence against women and girls”. Globally, gender-based violence against women with disabilities has increased during the pandemic.
Use hashtag #16days in your social media posts to help raise awareness to end violence against women and girls with disabilities.
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