ADDC Bulletin: May 2025 edition 
  
ADDC NEWS

  • Ministerial appointments following the Federal election

IN THE NEWS 

  • ACFID welcomes the Albanese Government’s ministerial appointments, strengthening Australia’s commitment to international development 
  • Fiji Disabled People’s Federation president Setareki Macanawai: GEDSI ‘just another label’ 
  • From Commitment to Action: What’s Next After the Global Disability Summit 
  • Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 
  • Conference of States Parties to the CRPD
  • Global Spotlight on Assistive Technology (AT): World AT Day  
  • UNDRR: We must get disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction right – here are 5 ways to deliver results

NEW RESOURCES

  • CBM-IAG and Water for Women new resource: WASH accessibility Learning Brief 
  • Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion Self-Assessment Tool (GEDSI SAT) 
  • IDDC Report on ‘Unequal climate justice for people with disabilities’

YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED

  • Call for Papers in Disability and International Development Journal
  • Call for Presentations at the World Blindness Summit 2025   

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • CBM Global Disability Inclusion side event for Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025)
  • Save the date: 8th Pacific Regional Conference on Disability    

OPPORTUNITIES

  • Not-for-Profit Scholarship 2025/26 Applications open 

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