The 2020 Virtual Meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics was held from 22-24 September. The Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities was invited to present twice on the importance of collecting data on COVID and persons with disabilities. Click here to read the full presentation.
The meeting discussed COVID and disability, updates on workgroups, efforts to establish regional entities, accomplishments and next steps. In addition, during the meeting, the Washington Group launched its new website that includes many useful resources, including an introduction to the Washington Group question sets and a section on disaggregation and SDGs. Additionally, the Washington Group Questions have been translated into the official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) and two other languages (Portuguese and Vietnamese).
