ADDC Bulletin: February 2026 edition

ADDC NEWS 

  • Meeting with Tim Wilson MP  
  • Federal Budget 2026-2027 – Submission to Treasury  
  • Thanks to Will Mezner

IN THE NEWS

  • Accessibility isn’t optional: IDA calls out UN cuts blocking Deaf people from the CRPD oversight  
  • COSP19 themes and subthemes announced 

NEW RESOURCES 

  • New report: Invest early, change everything 
  • Pacific Disability Forum (2025) Mapping the Inclusion of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Gender Programs and Policies in the Pacific: Findings report 
  • GAPSED+ Guidance Manual 
  • Supporting the Pacific Disability Forum to Engage in and Influence Development Processes: Impacts of Outcome 2 of the DFAT-CBM IAG Partnership 
  • Global Disability Legislation Index 
  • OECD Working Paper: Measuring disability employment gaps 
  • Accessibility Checklist & Visual Style Cheat Sheet  
  • Empowering Women with Disability Through Inclusive Digital Finance 
  • New website: Centre for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry 

CALL FOR INPUTS

  • TCI Global – Survey on Legal Capacity of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities 
  • Lancet Commission on Health Equity OPD Survey

UPCOMING EVENTS 

  • ADDC Webinar – From Gender Equality, Disability Equity and Rights to Systemic Change in Finance
  • WHO and IDA webinar: Advancing health equity for persons with disabilities in HIV care and treatment 
  • Women Deliver 2026 Conference

OPPORTUNITIES

  • ADDC Policy Support Officer    

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