UN Agencies

UN Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility in Lebanon Visits the Bekaa

IDA aims to work with all UN agencies to support them in two broad ways:

  • mainstreaming the rights of persons with disabilities in each agency's strategic framework
  • improving qualitatively and quantitatively of UN country offices' work to support national stakeholders to implement the CRPD and SDGs

More on this section will be available soon, covering our work with specific UN agencies, and with the UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Six UN agencies (UNDP, OHCHR, UNICEF, WHO, ILO and UN DESA) have taken the decision to establish a MDTF on the rights of persons with disabilities called UN Partnership on the Rights...

UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)

UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. UNICEF was created with the purpose to work with others to overcome...

United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life....

UN Women

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women: the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.

Currently its focus areas are: violence against...

IDA also works with:

  • World Health Organisation
  • UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • World Bank

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