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World Data Forum blog: Persons with disabilities must and can be counted in
If our overarching goal for 2030 is for global sustainable development to leave no one behind, then we must count everyone and we must also count who they are.
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Together 2030 blog: Realizing “Nothing About Us without Us” within Sustainable Development
The global disability rights movement has been guided by the adage “nothing about us without us”, which superficially may seem a very simple principle to implement. However, persons with disabilities, who comprise an estimated 15 percent of the world’s population, have been historically underrepresented and excluded from policy discussions that dramatically affect their lives.
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The CRPD Era: Ten Years In
Today, December 13th 2016, we are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the landmark UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 172 Member States have now ratified the convention, and momentum is continuing to grow for its full ratification and implementation.
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Bengt Lindqvist 1936-2016
The International Disability Alliance is reflecting on the life and contributions of Bengt Lindqvist, who died on December 3rd 2016, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. He played an extraordinary role in the advancement of the rights of persons with disabilities around the world.
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How ten years of the CRPD have been a victory for disability rights
Ten years ago the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was adopted. It was the first internationally legally binding instrument to specifically address the rights of persons with disabilities at a global level. It was achieved with the active participation of the disability rights movement.
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Together 2030 blog: The Road to Participation, Stakeholder engagement at the High-level Political Forum
The first year of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was welcomed by a wealth of opportunities for civil society and stakeholder engagement, creating space for stakeholders to participate and contribute substantively to the sustainable development agenda and its follow up processes.
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Participate in the High-level Political Forum 2017
Now is your chance to be part of the 2017 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
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