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Monthly Newsletter | Issue 17 - January 2022
Reference Group on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action
Welcome to the 17th edition of the DRG Newsletter!
2022 has started off with a busy period of preparations for the next Global Disability Summit. The Disability Reference Group and its members are working hard to ensure that the processes and outcomes of the Summit are inclusive of those who are among the furthest left behind. To ensure the rights of persons with disabilities who are impacted by humanitarian emergencies, commitments are needed by development and humanitarian actors to build truly inclusive service systems and communities and to partner with persons with disabilities in achieving this.
We look forward to continuing to work with all DRG members in 2022 to further build on the gains we made last year and to continue the great momentum with which we have started this year. As always, we hope you find this useful, and encourage you to share with us any updates you would like to see included in our next newsletter!
Elham Youssefian (International Disability Alliance), Christian Modino Hok (CBM Global) and Kirstin Lange (UNICEF)
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Leaving No One Behind in Humanitarian Action - UN Today
UN Today, the official magazine of international civil servants, has published an article providing an overview of the work of UN and partners in making humanitarian action more inclusive. The article highlights that persons with disabilities are particularly at risk in humanitarian crises, which have escalated in 2022, propelled by conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. The article refers to the Disability Reference Group as a key mechanism for driving forward disability inclusive humanitarian action through partnership between UN entities, NGOs and OPDs.
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SAFE Zimbabwe Technical Assistance Facility research report: Use of technology to facilitate GBV survivors’ access to justice - SDDirect
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Disability Inclusion Helpdesk: Evidence Digest on Health and Disability - SDDirect
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How Getting Organized has Helped Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities - Oxfam From Poverty to Power
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Intersectionality Resource Guide & Toolkit - UNPRPD/UNWomen
This Resource Guide and Toolkit is the result of a collaborative effort between UN Women, UNPRPD, Members of Civil Society Advisory Group including the International Disability Alliance and its Community of Practice members, and inter-Agency joint project partners.
It has been developed to help both organizations and individual practitioners and experts to address intersectionality in policies and in programmes. It may be used by individuals or teams to assess their own knowledge, attitudes and practice, at a programme level as a supplement to existing design, adaptation and assessment processes or at policy level to better understand and address the different and intersecting effects of policy on marginalised persons.
>> Link to the Resource Guide and Toolkit
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Sherin Alshaikhahmed
MPhil/PhD Candidate, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Centre for Development & Emergency Practice
Email: 119147785 [at] brookes.ac.uk
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The second Global Disability Summit will be held on February 2022, hosted by the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and the Governments of Norway and Ghana. In the lead-up to this important event, we call on governments, multilateral agencies and civil society to ensure that over 41 million children and adults with disabilities in humanitarian settings are not left behind as commitments are made to promote the rights of persons with disabilities worldwide.
This call to action provides an overview of concrete commitments that all partners can make, to further progress towards ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities in humanitarian emergencies.
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2021 Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week - Building a more Inclusive Humanitarian Ecosystem (Virtual) [Jan 31st - Feb 4th]
Expected outcomes of the event
- Showcase diverse views, understanding and analysis from different stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region based on their own contexts and expertise.
- Catalyse plan for actions and commitments to advance the various priority areas and inform regional actions moving forward.
- Exchange information on resources, events, or initiatives that other stakeholders may be interested to join or support in 2022.
Sessions
Day 1 (31 January 2022) - An Inclusive Humanitarian Ecosystem
Day 2 (1 February 2022) - Linking Humanitarian Action, DRR and Resilience Work in the context of the climate crisis
Day 3 (2 February 2022) - Humanitarian Financing- Thinking outside the box
Day 4 (3 February 2022) - Protection in the Asia Pacific
Day 5 (4 February 2022) - Understanding Risk
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Webinar: Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction – Still a Tick Marking Exercise? [Feb 14th]
When it comes to the disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction policies, are countries succeeding in their development and implementation? Or is it still a tick marking exercise?
Join the UNDRR and MFA Finland for the discussion with the top experts in disability inclusion and community on 14 February 2022 from 13:00-14:00 CET International Sign Interpretation and real-time captioning will be provided.
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Global Disability Summit - Side Events on Humanitarian Action [Feb 16th - 17th]
A list of side events happening on February 16th and 17th is already available on the GDS Portal. Make sure to check the website regularly as more information and side events will be updated on the pages !
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Save the Date - Microsoft Ability Summit [May 10th]
Registration will open in early March.
>> Link to the Event Page
>> Link to Recordings of Last Year's Summit