Addc bulletin August 7th, 2013 contents

ADDC Bulletin August 7^th, 2013

CONTENTS

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Plan to protect vulnerable people in the wake of Humanitarian Crises – Federal Minister for International Development Melissa Parke

Political Alert: PLAN TO PROTECT VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE WAKE OF HUMANITARIAN CRISES (FED) Minister for International Development Melissa Parke today released a strategy that will guide the efforts of Australia's aid program in protecting the rights of people left vulnerable by humanitarian disasters. AusAID's Protection in Humanitarian Action Framework will outline the agency's approach to protecting the safety, dignity and rights of conflict and disaster-affected populations. It explains what AusAID means by protection in humanitarian action, defines priorities and guides how AusAID will deliver humanitarian action through partners. The Framework has been developed through extensive consultations with government, humanitarian and non-government organisation partners. "Australia is one of the world's most responsive donors in the wake of humanitarian disasters," Ms Parke said.

Source: AusAID

People with disability a priority for new Australian Minister for International Development

6 July 2013

The new Australian Minister for International Development, the Hon Melissa Parke MP, visited Timor’s national rehabilitation facility yesterday.

The visit came as part of a short trip to Timor by Minister Parke, who was appointed on 1 July.

Staff and clients of ASSERT (the National Centre for Rehabilitation) and members of the Disability Working Group (DWG) greeted Minister Parke with traditional Timorese song and tais. The Minister saw a children’s play therapy session, wheelchair assessment and adjustment processes, a presentation about community-based disability programs and locally-produced articifial limbs. She spoke with people with disability and their carers about life in Timor.

During the visit, Minister Parke affirmed her commitment to disability rights issues. ‘We know that aid programs are more effective when they include people with disability,’ she said.

The Vice Minister for Social Solidarity, Snr Jacinto Rigoberto de Deus, and the Vice Chairperson of DWG, Joaozito dos Santos welcomed Minister Parke’s visit and thanked her for AusAID’s continuing support.

Mr dos Santos also told the Minister of the progress being made by DWG and its members. ‘We are working with the Government to implement the National Disability Policy; we established a Community Based Rehabilitation Diploma at the National University; we protected voting rights for people with disability at the 2012 National Elections and we have ensured disability inclusion in a range of key programs such as the Programa Nacional de Desenvolvimento dos Sucos and the National Program to End Violence Against Women.’

‘But there is still a long way to go before people with disability enjoy equal rights in Timor,’ he said. Minister Parke was touched by her visit to ASSERT. ‘I will share this experience with friends and family at home in Australia.’

Left to right: Miles Artmitage, Australian Ambassador to Timor-Leste; Joaozito dos Santos, Vice Chairperson of the Disability Working Group; the Hon Melissa Parke, Australian Minister for International Development MP, with a copy of the DWG Annual Report and Snr Jacinto Rigoberto de Deus, Vice Minister for Social Solidarity.

Source: DWG

CRPD Training in Fiji

14 Disabled Persons Organisation Office Managers from 9 Pacific islands countries concluded their training today at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Suva. It was an opportunity for the old office managers to refresh whilst the new ones, to learn  about the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities(CRPD).

Mr. Alex Cote of the International Disability Alliance facilitated this session and reinforced to the office managers the importance of the CRPD in their roles as office managers. Mr. Setareki Macanawai and his program staffs at secretariat also had sessions with the Office Managers on good governance; DPO finance; disability inclusive development; women and youth with disabilities; marketing and communication; office administration and finance; managing effective and efficient DPOs and research.

The training concluded on Friday 2 August, 2013, with a field visit to the local DPOs within Fiji.

The CRPD Resource Team also had training. The 13 member team which consisted of inspiring Disabled Persons Organisation leaders from around the Pacific and PDF Program staffs were able to refresh and fine tune their approaches on the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities.

The team also had discussion sessions on how to better understand their country budgets and its financial mechanism which was vital in ensuring their better approach in their own national policies and legislation.

Source: PDF

UN helps anti-violence campaign
(Source: Maikeli Seru - Fiji Sun Newspaper Online, 26^th July, 2013)

The United Nations has increased its funding to US$100,000 (FJD188,000) to help in the fight against violence against women in Fiji and the South Pacific.

This was revealed on Wednesday in Suva by the UN Women Pacific Regional Programme director, Elzira Sagynbaeva, during the announcement of their two new local grantees.

They are the Pacific Disability Forum and the Fiji Red Cross Society. They are among 40 grantees from the South Pacific region.

“Last year funding available has increased substantially to $100,000. Last year also was an increase in the number of countries added to the grants. The addition was Tonga, Nauru and Samoa and more calls and application probably in the future,” Ms Sagynbaeva said.

“In the Pacific this is the only opportunity where local organisations can take up immediate action to address violence against women.”

She said research and studies show that the rate of violence and abuse in Fiji and some parts of the region were over 60 per cent.

The forum’s chief executive officer, Setareki Macanawai, said they joined the initiative because some of their members and disabled women in the country had been the worst affected by violence against women.

“We value this partnership with UN Women because for us as people with disability, our women face double discrimination when it comes to violence and abuse.
“Sometimes because our women are with disability, their plights are swept under the carpet and even talking about disability is very rare,” he said.

Fiji Red Cross Society’s director-general, Filipe Nainoca said their research showed that some local women were among the worst affected during natural disasters.

This is especially for widows, elder women and those with disability. They are left alone and they get information from those with information. We gave them packs and radio, and for them to access news is empowering to them,” Mr Nainoca said.

The three important areas UN Women and grantees will work on are:

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  prevention of violence against women,
  
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  improvement of services like protection, safe house, education and counselling, 
  
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  increasing access and knowledge of women to justice – for victims to seek legal help.
  

Source: PDF

GPDD - Violence against women and girls with disabilities in Haiti

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   Organizations of women and girls with disabilities in  Haiti
   
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   Statistics on violence against women and girls with disabilities in Haiti
   
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   Programs to address violence against women and girls with disabilities in Haiti and organizations conducting such programs
   
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   Information on access to the justice system for women and girls with disabilities in Haiti and organizations providing them with legal assistance
   
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   Any other information of use on this important issue.
   

Source: Stephanie Ortoleva, Esq. President, Women Enabled, Inc. 202.359.3045

People living with disability in PNG want to be part of the 2015 Pacific games

People living with disability in Papua New Guinea are asking whether the government has plans to include them in the 2015 Pacific Games.

The Post Courier reports they are asking the sports minister, Justin Tkatchenko, and the contractors working on the sporting facilities how they may be included, not only in the competition but in accessing the venues as spectators.

The founder and chairman of the Kapi Foundation, Brown Kapi, says the government is for the people, and any public resources or money spent must benefit both the able-bodied and disabled.

Mr Kapi says a lot of money is being allocated to the games and he wonders if facilities for wheelchair-bound people like him are included in the preparations.

http://goo.gl/irmT2k

Source: PDF

Over 600,000 New Zealanders live with a disability in New Zealand. The 2013 Disability Survey, which began this week, will allow these people to have their voices heard.

The New Zealand Disability Survey is a national survey of children and adults, with 23,000 disabled and non-disabled people selected for interview. Approximately 1,000 adults living in residential facilities will also be interviewed.

"The Disability Survey is the most comprehensive source of data on disabled people living in New Zealand. It provides information on the needs of disabled people and the nature of their impairments," social and cultural statistics manager Steve Manning said.

Results from the 2006 Disability Survey showed that diseases or illnesses were the most common cause of disability for adults, followed by accidents or injuries, and ageing.

Information collected in the survey, which runs over the next couple of months, will include the number of people in New Zealand living with a disability, and the nature, cause, and duration of impairments. The survey will also look at issues such as human rights, social attitudes, education and employment, recreation and lifestyle, public services, and support systems.

"I encourage everyone who is selected for this survey to take part and have their voice heard. This survey only happens once every five years, and the results will inform decision and policies that will affect the lives of people living with disabilities," independent disability consultant Robyn Hunt said.

Results from the survey, which will be released in the middle of next year, will help inform policy, advocacy, and research by government, community organisations, and service providers. Responses will also be used to see how New Zealand is meeting its obligations for reporting and monitoring under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Survey participants have been randomly selected from respondents to the 2013 Census and will have received an invitation letter from Statistics NZ. All individual information is confidential and cannot be shared with other agencies.

Source: PDF

SPC enhances knowledge of Tonga stakeholders on the rights of people with disability

‘This consultation is timely and appropriate. Tonga must not continue to turn a blind eye to the many challenges faced by persons with disabilities and their organisations, such as negative attitudes, prejudice and lack of recognition of the contribution people with disabilities make to society,’ said Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Lopeti Senituli at the opening of the consultation this week.

Mr Senituli is confident the partners can work together to enable the Government of Tonga to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to have Cabinet adopt a National Policy for Persons with Disabilities as it had agreed to do in 2011.

‘I hope that the outcomes of the consultation will guide us to work together and to take responsibility in making a link between practical problems that our persons with disabilities have and fulfilment of their rights. We must also acknowledge the limited funding, and lack of educational, training and employment opportunities available for them and commit ourselves to improving those conditions,’ Mr Senituli said.

Mr Senituli also acknowledged the various non-governmental and civil society organisations, such as the Alonga Centre, the Ofa, Tui mo ‘Amanaki, the Mango Tree Centre, the Naunau ‘a e ‘Alamaite Tonga Association and the Tonga National Disability Congress, for the critical services they provide for persons with disabilities and the Ministry of Education and Training’s Inclusive Education Class at Ngele’a GPS and the Ministry of Health’s work in looking after persons with mental disabilities.

The Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities promotes, protects and ensures the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and promotes respect for their inherent dignity.

The consultation is attended by government civil servants and non-government organisations in Tonga and is one of various SPC RRRT activities that complement the support to the Government of Tonga in the area of disability rights by other development partners such as the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the Pacific Disability Forum and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.

Source: SPC

NEW DELHI: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on August 2 organized an awareness program on financial schemes for educational and vocational development of students with Continue reading the story...

Source: GAATES

International conference on disaster risk reduction in Japan

Japan will host the world conference slated to be held in 2015 at which countries will adopt the successor to the current global blueprint for disaster Continue reading the story...

Source: GAATES

Commission wants accessible polling booths for voters with disabilities

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) is gearing up to provide accessible polling stations for voters with disabilities across the country in the 2014 general Continue reading the story...

Source: GAATES

Persons with disabilities struggle to reach public places in Vietnam

HCM CITY: Nguyen Minh Hao, 22, used his arms to climb the stairs at a supermarket in District 9 with great difficulty. The market was not Continue reading the story...

Source: GAATES

New Deputy Health & Disability Commissioner

NEW ZEALAND: Health Minister Tony Ryall has announced the appointment of Ms Rose Wall, as a Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner. “A nurse by training, Ms Wall Continue reading the story...

Source: GAATES

Commission advocates inclusive education in Philippines

CEBU CITY: A curriculum that would fit all types of students – with or without disability. This was the aim of a workshop recently conducted by Continue reading the story...

Source: GAATES

Discrimination against persons with disabilities continues

MADURAI, INDIA: A 17-year-old student with hearing disability from the city has petitioned the district collector after one of the banks, which had assured him an Continue reading the story...

Source: GAATES

Australian Government to Appoint Ambassador for Disability Inclusive Development

Minister for International Development, Melissa Parke, today announced the Government’s decision to establish a new Australian Ambassador for Disability-Inclusive Development. Minister Parke said the ambassador will advocate Continue reading the story...

Source: GAATES

World Bank: 'Go local' on land governance in Africa

Source: Devex

Zambia: Disability and HIV/Aids

THIS week we continue with disability and HIV/AIDS hoping that gaps identified in terms of the provision of social services to persons with disabilities will be addressed.

It is a fact that persons with a disability have equal to or greater vulnerability than all known risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) because they are as sexually active as those without a disability and rates of homosexuality and bisexuality are comparable to the general population.

Women and children with a disability are more likely than others to be victims of violence or rape, yet they are less likely to obtain police interventions, legal protection or prophylactic care.

The situation on the ground is that persons with disabilities do not have equal access to HIVAIDS information, education and prevention services and there is a need to bridge this gap.

Society does not believe that persons with disabilities are sexually active and because of this they are frequently turned away from testing or treatment services in our clinics due to false assumptions about persons with disabilities not being at risk of contracting HIV or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Full Story: http://goo.gl/Q6Varz

Source: CDDRLP Zambia

Kenya-Tanzania: Trafficking children with disabilities and the economy of misery

Trafficking syndicates operating between Kenya and Tanzania are actively involved in the trade of handicapped children.

Used in Nairobi's lucrative 'begging industry', Tanzanian children are transported through major bus routes, such as the Tanzania Namanga route, to Kenya's capital Nairobi. The journey can take up to nine hours.

Once inside the borders, bribes must be paid, to Kenyan immigration officers and both Tanzania and Kenya revenue authority officers, to allow them pass without the temporary East African passport.

Once in Nairobi, groups of children are stashed in rented or empty homes, and are transported to strategic locations early each morning by handlers posing as relatives.

Wait and see others who are being returned. It is a business just like any other, this kids are money making machines

Able to earn as much as 3000 shillings ($35) daily, handicapped toddlers and teens are left in the scorching sun until the evening, when they assemble to a central place to be picked and returned to their host.

Some cannot move due to severity of their disability prompting their host to go carrying them around. The host hires watchmen to watch over them to avoid them revealing their identity to curious passersby.

Reuben, aged 15 from Tanzania, has struggled with crippled limbs from an early age. He is one of the many children trafficked to Nairobi. Together with other disabled children, Reuben's job is to earn as much money as possible for his handlers, whom he calls his 'seniors'.

"I make a lot of money for my host, and I know they are very happy with me," he told us.

"When I came to Kenya they promised me better life. I was told that in Kenya there are programs to help people like me."

Reuben spoke about the promise of a new wheelchair and financial aid to better his life. "Till today, that has not happened. All I do now is to sit here waiting for somebody to drop me a coin to give to my senior," he said.

At an early age, Reuben lost his mother, after she abandoned him due to his disability. In Africa, mothers are usually stigmatised when they give birth to disabled children.

As a child with disability, Reuben was left alone at a tender age to fend for himself. He said that life in Tanzania for disabled people was difficult due to discrimination and neglect. In Nairobi, he said, the generosity of Kenyans transformed his disability into an asset.

Reuben's day begins at 5am. Every day his seniors take him to scouted locations while it is early and dark to avoid raising suspicions. Valuable paper money would be hidden in his jacket while coins would remain in the can.

"My bosses carry and keep all the cash. I get free food and shelter. That is what matters to me," said Reuben.

Read the original article on Theafricareport.com : Kenya-Tanzania: Trafficking handicapped children and the economy of misery | East & Horn Africa
Source: Theafricareport

Talking to youth in Timor-Leste

During the week long visit, Sport Matters will meet with youth leaders and hold focus groups with community youth clubs in Dili and Aleiu with the view to activate two pilot projects in the coming months using sport to address targeted development goals. The scoping visit in September will ensure young people’s voice are not only captured but are central to the new project design using sport to promote leadership for children and youth.

Initial consultations have revealed that football, volleyball and basketball are very popular sports for children and youth in Timor-Leste and we anticipate they will feature prominently in the new project. Find out more

Source: Sport Matters

A Basketball first in the Solomon Islands

Sport Matters will head back to Honiara later this month to help our in-country partners prepare for their first participation in the Solomon Islands National Games. The week-long visit will include a two-day train-the-trainer basketball workshop building on the activities introduced in February. Full Story

Source: Sport Matters

Children with a disability are treated more harshly in developing world

Disability is not inability – refugee turns entrepreneur hours after fleeing

Valuable look at disability

Devising technique to help kids with learning disability

CONFERENCES and EVENTS

Refer to ADDC website: Calendar of Events for new items

Refer to Global Development International calendar

SAVE THE DATE: ADDC Practitioner Interest Forum - Disability Inclusion in Conflict, Disaster and Recovery –Tuesday 17^th Sept

This event will be held in two parts - to enable interested people to attend either morning, afternoon or both sessions. Further details will be available soon.

Source: ADDC

NDS National Employment Forum & Workability International Conference 2013

Date: 8 – 10 October 2013

Venue: Jupiters Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 http://www.nds.org.au/events/1360112916

National Disability Services and Workability International have joined to host a 3-day conference to equip delegates with knowledge and strategies to improve employment opportunities for people with disability.  The focus will be on innovation and practical solutions to the challenges of finding and sustaining employment for people with disability in a tight fiscal environment. It will cover employment in the open labour market, employment in disability enterprises and models in between.  

ONLINE REGISTRATION

CONFERENCE BROCHURE (including program):   [PDF 3MB]  [RTW 86KB]

ACCOMMODATION: Conference participants are responsible for making their own hotel accommodation bookings direct with the hotel of their choice. NDS has negotiated conference rates with the conference venue, Jupiters Gold Coast, Australia, over the conference dates.
Room rate: From $189 room only
How to book: Visit www.jupitersgoldcoast.com.au and click on "book a room". Enter the code "NAT010113" to obtain the Superior Room rate. All other higher room types and suites are available and can be booked by calling reservations on +617 5592 8130.

NDS is pleased to announce that funding has been received from the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to assist people with disability and/or carers to attend the conference. Please contact either Julie or Miriam below for further information by 16 August.

For general enquiries, please contact Miriam Sosin on +612 9256 3133 or miriam.sosin@nds.org.au.

For supporter opportunities, please contact Julie Walton on +612 9256 3115 or julie.walton@nds.org.au.

Source: NDS

Australasian Aid and International Development Policy Workshop

Research into aid in Australia and Asia is growing. Aid is only one of a number of policy instruments by which countries can promote development. Labour mobility policies show enormous variation around the region. Policies on trade and in relation to international standards are also important. So too are the policies of international, multilateral and regional bodies, such as the G20, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. International climate change negotiations and related architectural and funding questions will have an enormous impact on our future. All of these subjects are under active research by various academics across Asia and the Pacific.

The aim of the 2014 Australasian Aid and International Development Policy Workshop is to bring together researchers from across Australia, the Pacific and Asia who are working on aid and international development policy to share insights, promote collaboration, and help develop the research community.

The Worskhop will be held at the ANU’s Crawford School in Canberra on February 13 and 14. It will be co-convened by Professor Stephen Howes, Director of the Development Policy Centre at ANU and Dr Joel Negin, Senior Lecturer in International Public Health at the University of Sydney.

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  Aid effectiveness, at both the micro and macro level
  
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  The political economy and politics of aid
  
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  Aid and security
  
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  Aid from traditional and/or non-traditional donors
  
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  International public goods
  
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  Migration and international trade policy, from a development perspective
  
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  The international aid and development architecture, including the G20, World Bank, and other international agencies
  
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  International climate change negotiations and architecture
  

Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words and should be unstructured. At the top of the page should be the title of the abstract followed by the authors with the proposed presenting author underlined. The affiliations of the authors should be listed underneath followed by the abstract itself.

We will cover domestic travel and accommodation costs for a limited number of PhD and graduate students, especially ones who can present from their thesis. For those PhD and graduate students who are seeking to have their costs covered, please note that at the bottom of your abstract.

If you have questions about the workshop, please email devpolicy@anu.edu.au. More information on the workshop will become available on this page so please check periodically

Workshop registration will open shortly.

The 2014 Australasian Aid and International Development Policy Conference is co-hosted by the Development Policy Centre of the ANU, and the Asia Foundation.

Source: ANU

30th Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Disability and Diversity 2014

We are also hosting the Pacific Rim International Forum on the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities on May 17, 2014, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii. E-mail prinfo@hawaii.edu, or call 808-956-7539. Visit our website at www.pacrim.hawaii.edu for more information.

Source: PacRim

Catalyst Masterclasses – professional development for dancers with and without disability

Matt Shilcock dances both in and out of a wheelchair 

In August and September of 2013 three esteemed choreographers will collaborate with dancers with and without disability to break new ground in integrated dance. The climax is Second Skin, a studio showing at Bangarra Dance Theatre, where dancers will shed their layers and expose what’s underneath their skin.

15 September 2013, Bangarra Dance Theatre

 Catalyst Masterclasses are led by choreographers Sue Healey, Dean Walsh and Philip Channells and provide professional development for dancers from throughout Australia.

 Adelaide-based dancer Matt Shilcock is one of the performers, he’s been dancing since 2010 and dances both in and out of a wheelchair. Matt has osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as ‘brittle bone disease’, and rather than take six weeks off every time he breaks a bone prefers to keep on performing using his wheelchair.

 This is Matt’s second year as a perfomer in Second Skin and he explains “It is worth my while coming from South Australia to network with other integrated dance professionals and to take part in an inspiring creative process.”

 Second Skin and the Catalyst Dance Masterclass Series has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, the ANZ Staff Foundation, Bangarra Dance Theate and Ausdance NSW. 

 When Sunday 15 September,  6:30-8:00pm

Sarah-Vyne Vassallo | Arts Development Officer

Source: AARTS

EMPLOYMENT and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

International Disability Alliance (IDA) Administration and Finance Manager - Geneva

IDA is a network of global and regional organisations of persons with disabilities. Its mission is to promote the full and effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).  Please find attached the application pack, where you can find all the details.

 If you are interested, please send the completed application form by e-mail to the IDA Secretariat at recruitments@ida-secretariat.org by 6 September 2013. People with experience in financial and administrative management are encouraged to apply.  Cristina Campos
Source: International Disability Alliance

Vacancy for Senior Disability Advisor Imperial College London
Disability Advisory Service, Education Office, South Kensington Campus

Salary: £42,670 - £51,590 p.a. Please note that this post is funded from 1 January 2014.

Source: GPDD

Vacancy - Deputy Head of Counselling, Disability and Wellbeing at LSE

 Interviews are likely to take place in mid-September. Informal enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Adam Sandelson: a.sandelson@lse.ac.uk  by Monday 12 August, or subsequently to Liz Barnett: l.barnett@lse.ac.uk

Source: GPDD

RESOURCES

The Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities

Source: CBM Regional Office Southern Africa

Disability CBR and Inclusive Development Current Issue

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  Editorial – Maya Thomas
  
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  New Resources
  

Source: DCIDJ

Without addressing these diseases, the broader aim of poverty alleviation is unlikely to be achieved.

• Straightforward and highly cost-effective strategies are available to control and eventually eradicate or eliminate NTDs.

• Success in controlling, eliminating or eradicating NTDs depends on partnerships between multiple constituencies that enable countries to adapt international guidelines to local contexts, integrate NTD programmes into health systems and engage communities in implementation.

Disability Inclusion in the Syrian Refugee Response in Lebanon

This report was researched and written by Emma Pearce, Senior Program Officer–Disability, Women’s Refugee Commission, with input from Dale Buscher and Joan Timoney. Diana Quick edited and designed the report.

This work was undertaken by the Women’s Refugee Commission with the support of One Billion Strong and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).

Source: Women's Refugee Commission

Tracking progress on the MDGs

The World Bank has put together an MDG dashboard that provides some great interactive ways to explore the data that makes up the MDG update.

Source: DevPolicyBlog

Deaf Professionals Network: Interview with Philip Waters about his work at CBM Australia

Source: Philip Waters, CBM

Tweet from USICD (@USICD)

Read the new policy paper by @iddcconsortium! "Teachers for All: Inclusive Teaching for Children with #Disabilities" sightsavers.org/blogs/insights…

Source: USICD (@USICD)

IDA_CRPD_Forum: Unicef- See the child - before the disability, urges new report. Video

Video http://www.unicef.org/sowc2013/index.html

NEWSLETTERS: OTHER ORGANISATIONS

IDA Disability Rights Bulletin

Source: IDA

DPIAP Newsletter

Source: Mr. Supawat Samurpark - Information Support - DPIAP

GPDD Weekly digest

Source: GPDD

ENABLE NEWSLETTER - July 2013

Health, Rights and Development News