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Launch of the first comprehensive disability data advocacy toolkit
On 21 October 2020 the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities, the International Disability Alliance, and CBM Global Disability Inclusion officially launched the very first comprehensive disability data advocacy toolkit at a session
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Asia Pacific Peoples’ Forum For Sustainable Development 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and its consequential health and economic crises represent glaring evidence of how the current global economic, political and socio-cultural governance systems have failed to deliver human rights and fundamental freedoms of the peoples, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised. With the Global Crisis of COVID-19 taking center stage, it is important not to lose sight of the continuous efforts by persons with disabilities to participate and contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Registration for COSP 13’s Virtual Civil Society Forum on 2 December 2020 is now open!
This year's Civil Society Forum is coming soon, and for the first time, it will be fully online. To help you navigate it, we have prepared a description of the sessions that will be available, and the links to register. To start, please register for the HOUR 1 Plenary Session, and then choose the breakout sessions for HOUR 2 and HOUR 3. See below which ones interest you, and mark your calendar!
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CRPD Elections 2020: The GQUAL Campaign, IDA and IDDC call States Parties to achieve gender parity in CRPD Committee
On November 30th, States Parties will elect 9 of the 18 members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the independent body of experts entrusted with the international monitoring of the Convention on the rights