Fibes Conference and Exhibition Centre, Seville, Spain
Co-Organizers: International Disability Alliance Global Disability Fund ONCE Social Group International Disability and Development Consortium Co-Sponsors: Government of Spain Government of Jordan Government of Germany Background & Rationale: Persons with disabilities make up over 16% of the global population. However, in development and financing frameworks, disability inclusion is too often omitted or an afterthought. The … Continue reading FfD4 side event on disability-inclusive development
Join us online or in-person for the official SB62 side-event on ‘Gender-Just and Disability Inclusive Climate Action’. Co-organised together with the International Disability Alliance, the European Disability Forum, CBM Global Disability Inclusion, and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), we will explore how data and finance interlink to enable a truly intersectional approach … Continue reading SB62 Official Side-Event: Gender-Just and Disability Inclusive Climate Action
Context More than 1.3 billion persons with disabilities, or 16% of the global population, are among the most marginalized groups globally. Persons with disabilities experience a range of health inequities, including earlier deaths, poorer health and higher disease risk, due to unfair and avoidable factors within and beyond the health sector, such as lack of … Continue reading Health equity for persons with disabilities