Sign language training for teachers working in the IDP camps to provide education to deaf displaced children delving into the war from Rutshuru and Masisi #training #education #helpless

Cami Baello World Refuge Film Academy Keshoe Isaiah Meet Global Disablity Rights Advocate_#CRPD#SDGs Katindi, Kofi Annan Changemaker 2024! Founder of Enable the Disable Action, he advocates for disability rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ✨🎉 #KAChangemakers #DisabilityRights #InclusionMatters

Join us at #COSP17 for the side-event 'Advancing health equity by bridging the digital divide for persons with disabilities' 📅 Thursday 13 June 2024 🕐 1:15pm - 2:30pm EST 🌎 New York, UNHQ, CR 7 📝 Registration: bit.ly/4bP9Q0u SL interpretation and CC to be provided.

📢 #COSP17 is happening from 11-13 June at the @‌UN in NY! This year's theme is "Rethinking disability inclusion in the current international juncture and ahead of the Summit of the Future." Learn more ℹ️ bit.ly/un-cosp17 #EveryoneIncluded #GlobalGoals

"#Disability lies at the intersection of gender, age, race, and indigenous identities, making persons with disabilities the most marginalized group in SIDS" - Setareki Macanawai, CEO, Pacific Disability Forum on behalf of PDF, IDA, Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities at the recent #SIDS4 conference. 👉internationaldisabilityalliance.org/documents/sids…

At #COSP17 at the UN today, David Bainbridge CBM Global stressed the urgent need for a Disability Constituency to ensure the representation of the billion voices of people with disabilities missing in the #UNFCCC processes before the #SummitoftheFuture and #COP29 to ensure climate justice.

"To ensure meaningful participation of persons with disabilities, we need accessible communications, inclusive meetings, & proper infrastructure. Bridging different perspectives through shared terminology is essential. "David Bainbridge CBM Global #GDIHub #AT2030 #COSP17 Anna Landre ♿️

Attending the UNPRPD Fund policy board meeting this morning at #COSP17 hearing about the fantastic work happening across many countries. The IDDC is proud to be a member of the policy board.

At #COSP17 today, CBM Global joined Climate Investment Funds FCDO Inclusive Anna Landre ♿️ Global Disability Innovation Hub 💜 to discuss the importance of disability inclusive climate finance. Read statements from David Bainbridge CBM Global & Kirsty Smith: cbm-global.org/news/climate-f…

Congratulations Inmaculada Placencia Porrero, elected to UN CRPD at #COSP17. A historic day with the 1st EU candidate elected to a UN human rights treaty body The EU will continue to advance the rights of persons with #disabilities 🙏to UN members for support #WorldOfEquality

WFD congratulates the new members of the #CRPDCommittee. We are particularly pleased that a deaf candidate, Hiroshi Tamon, has been elected. He is the 2nd deaf person to be elected. We will continue to support more deaf candidates in the next elections. #NothingAboutUs #COSP17

📢Busy day at #COSP17 today! IDDC Chair Mary Keogh inputted into the General Debate in the General Assembly Hall. IDDC took this opportunity to raise critical issues during the debate. Check the trail below to get a glimpse at our recommendations to the #CRPD Member States

David Bainbridge, Executive Director of CBM Global, presented our general debate statement today at the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations in New York. Read his full statement: cbm-global.org/news/cbm-globa…

We highlight the urgent need for equal ICT access for deaf people worldwide. 🌐 We call for international cooperation and inclusion of deaf organisations in the design of new information and technologies in compliance with the #CRPD. #COSP17

Fantastic to have an important and urgent discussion with different stakeholders on the inclusion of persons with #disabilities into the Summit of the Future processes and beyond International Disability Alliance (IDA) IDDC UNPRPD Fund Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities

Happy International Albinism Awareness Day to Clara, to all my friends with Albinism and their families, and to the Disability community broadly. #ProFellows.

What a blessing to be able to meet in person at #COSP17 with Joseph Murray Pamela Molina Elizabeth Lockwood Mary Keogh and reflect on our World Federation of the Deaf CBM Global Disability Inclusion collaboration and priorities for the future. Such a privilege to work in partnership.

It’s our privilege to work in collaboration with CBM Global Disability Inclusion, David Bainbridge CBM Global, Mary Keogh and Elizabeth Lockwood for our shared objectives! Thanks for the partnership!

We were part of the launch of the final #VNR2024 report. We are happy to see that the OPDs submissions are well captured in the report. We appreciate the efforts put by all the OPDs in making the process a success. To access the report: eu.docworkspace.com/d/sIM-c17zCAen… #TwendeKaziNaSDGs

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024 shines a light on #inclusion! 🌍 This is good progress but we must continue to collectively advocate for more & better #data on persons with #disabilities. Read Elizabeth Lockwood's blog: ow.ly/1uxE50T8Vi0