This Call for Action stresses disability inclusion in international cooperation as the way forward to ensure no one is left behind. Click here to access the Call for Action in English Click here to access the Call for Action in Spanish Click here to access the Call for Action in French

Vladimir Cuk, Executive Director of the International Disability Alliance (IDA), talks about disability inclusion in international cooperation.

This joint staff working document (SWD) complements the joint communication to the European Parliament and the Council – “Gender Action Plan III: an ambitious vision on gender equality and women’s empowerment for EU External action”1, by providing a set of objectives and indicators to monitor progress in the implementation of GAP III and measure its …
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Gender equality is a core value of the EU2 and a universally recognised human right, as well as an imperative to well-being, economic growth, prosperity, good governance, peace and security. All people, in all their diversity, should be free to live their chosen life, thrive socially and economically, participate and take a lead as equals. …
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The Guidance for the inclusion of the disability perspective in plans and projects for development cooperation in Paraguay is a document created in a cooperative way that aims to make guidelines available to aid cooperation agencies, public institutions, civil society organizations and other interested actors in the inclusion of a disability perspective in their interventions, …
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Checklist of requirements for including the disability perspective throughout the project cycle in the CARE SWEEP WASH programme. Click here to access the checklist

The purpose of this report is to inquire into the practice of disability mainstreaming in development cooperation. It is based on four case studies on the Austrian, Italian and Spanish cooperation as well as an international comparison. In that sense, it is one further step in the agenda of the Bridging the Gap II project …
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Accessible infographic on the main results of the project at a global level and in its five partner countries: Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Paraguay and Sudan Click here to access the infographics

Recommendations of the European project Bridging the Gap II to reinforce the next Gender equality & women’s rights worldwide – 2021-2025 action plan Click here to access the full report

The present study, commissioned by the Bridge the Gap project, seeks to provide an overview of the situation in project’s partner countries (Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Paraguay and Sudan) and to formulate recommendations to international cooperation actors on their possible contribution to strengthen meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the CRPD …
Continue reading The unsteady path – Towards meaningful participation of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in the implementation of the CRPD and SDGs. A pilot study by Bridging the Gap