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Four months into war - What is happening to Ukrainians with disabilities?

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Monday, June 13, 2022

NEW YORK, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Since the onset of renewed Russian aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, children and adults with disabilities have been facing compounded protection threats. These have directly increased risk of abandonment, violence, injury, and death – whether at home, in institutions, or in displacement.

Key Points: 
  • These have directly increased risk of abandonment, violence, injury, and death whether at home, in institutions, or in displacement.
  • In the context of the current emergency, they have been left behind, unable to access information and seek safety from war.
  • Women and girls with disabilities in Ukraine are also at disproportionate risk of sexual and gender-based violence during the conflict.
  • We need a full mobilization to support the forgotten Ukrainians in this unacceptable war," he said earlier, when addressing the same subject.

More disasters, less inclusion: will transformation start in Bali?

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

GENEVA, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "It has now been 7 years since we were in Sendai, Japan to discuss how to build a more resilient world while facing more disasters. In 2015, IDA, as an organization of persons with disabilities, was excited to see strong provisions on disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction in the Sendai Framework. But packing for Bali to discuss progress in implementing what we had agreed in Sendai, we must admit that little has been achieved around the inclusion of persons with disabilities in disaster preparation, response, and recovery," said Vladimir Cuk, Executive Director of the International Disability Alliance (IDA).

Key Points: 
  • We will not achieve a sustainable and resilient society unless the human rights of all persons are protected, respected, and upheld.
  • In 2015, IDA, as an organization of persons with disabilities, was excited to see strong provisions on disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction in the Sendai Framework.
  • The theme is " From Risk to Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development for All in a COVID-19 Transformed World ".
  • In this altered world, human rights are as relevant as ever in emergency response and Disaster Risk Reduction.

Sightsavers and International Disability Alliance (IDA) join in $1 million partnership

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sightsavers has worked in a strategic and effective partnership with the International Disability Alliance (IDA) since 2013 – sharing expertise and resources to advance disability rights and the inclusion agenda. The two organisations have worked together to organise two Global Disability Summits, supported the development and growth of the Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network, and jointly led major consortium initiatives to advance inclusion of persons with disabilities.

Key Points: 
  • GENEVA, Switzerland, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Sightsavers has worked in a strategic and effective partnership with the International Disability Alliance (IDA) since 2013 sharing expertise and resources to advance disability rights and the inclusion agenda.
  • There is no question that for us, in IDA, this partnership with Sightsavers is a flagship partnership.
  • Sir Clive Jones, Chair of Sightsavers, said: "We simply could not do what we do without the partnership between Sightsavers and IDA.
  • Aliyah Esmail, International Disability Alliance, +41 (0) 79 848 7999, [email protected]
    Tessa Pope, Sightsavers, +44 (0)14 44 446 637, [email protected]

Climate change is our crisis too! Persons with disabilities demand COP26 break the exclusion cycle

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

COP26 is going to be different in many ways for many groups, including for the more than one billion persons with disabilities worldwide.

Key Points: 
  • COP26 is going to be different in many ways for many groups, including for the more than one billion persons with disabilities worldwide.
  • IDA is also in the process of creating the Disability and Climate Action Caucus to unify voices of persons with disabilities in the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
  • The failure to include persons with disabilities in the world's efforts to combat the climate crisis has dramatic consequences .
  • "Documenting the impact of climate change on persons with disabilities is one of my priorities," said Gerard Quinn, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities.

FRA speaks at annual meeting of ENNHRI Disability Working Group

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Friday, June 26, 2020

FRA spoke at the annual meeting of the EU Framework for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and ENNHRIs Working Group on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 22 June.

Key Points: 
  • FRA spoke at the annual meeting of the EU Framework for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and ENNHRIs Working Group on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 22 June.
  • FRA, along with other Framework members, described its current activities in the area of disability and potential joint activities between the Agency, other Framework members and the Working Group.
  • Working Group members and Framework members also discussed potential cooperation on providing input to the upcoming review of the EUs implementation of the Convention by the UN CRPD Committee, due to begin in 2021.