Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities

On this International #Disability Day, 3 Dec, DGACM celebrates the important contributions of persons with disabilities & recommits to further enhancing accessible conference services for all! Much progress has been made @UN🇺🇳 in 2024 + we expect to achieve more in 2025 & beyond

Thank you 🇩🇪 @GermanyUN for the generous contribution that enabled 🇺🇳 DGACM to provide International Sign interpretation for the #SummitOfTheFuture. 🙌

Sign interpretation promotes #accessibility, inclusion and diversity - especially at high-level events such as the #SummitOfTheFuture. Germany was proud enabler of sign interpretation during the adoption of the #PactForTheFuture on 22-23 September at UNHQ. #BehindTheScenes 1/3

Mohammed Ali Loutfy co-chair @SGPWD represented us in the Financing for Development session of the Global People's Assembly & called for inclusive digital infrastructure, digital inclusion & accessible procurement & support for a UN Tax Convention & extensive debt cancellation

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟑 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐔𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 #𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 by working with your local and national associations to announce the achievement of a concrete goal for deaf communities today. Read more: wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2024/ #IWDP & #IDSL

On 23 September, the world🌍 celebrates the International Day of Sign Languages! At the 🇺🇳UN, International Sign interpretation was provided at the #SummitOfTheFuture through the hard work of sign interpreters generously funded by 🇩🇪 Germany & supported by our dedicated staff 📸

🇺🇳 #SummitOfTheFuture #ActionDays kicked off at UNHQ with a series of #YouthLead activities 🔗summitofthefutureun.org/action-days?_g… As part of our commitment to #accessibility, we proudly provided International Sign interpretation 👇

📢 Tune in to our high-level event at the @UN #SummitOfTheFuture Discover how global leaders will tackle #DisabilityInclusion and financing for inclusive development, jointly shaping strategies ahead of #GDS2025. 📅 Sept 21 | 🕒 2 PM EST 🔗 Register: undp.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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 @LockwoodEM's blog: ow.ly/1uxE50T8Vi0

@SGPWD @UNDESA @DamasCODIP @RIADISorg @SustDev @UN Reasonable accommodation is an important means to ensure meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in all their diversity. We were thrilled to witness Elizabeth Campos 🇵🇪 receiving the agenda of #HLPF2024 in Braille printed by the @UN Accessibility Centre.

🌍 Today, on International Day of Families, we celebrate unity across borders. 95% of deaf children born to hearing families don't have access to sign language. The WFD launches a policy paper advocating for sign language rights ➡️ wfdeaf.org/news/resources…

"State parties should acknowledge & facilitate participation of persons with disabilities. #Agenda2030 is progressing but where are the seats of the 1B #personswithdisabilities? Also, the Pact for the future does not reference #personswithdisabilities." Getty #2024UNCSC #WeCommit

📢 The 17th Conference of States Parties to the #CRPD is happening from 11-13 June @UN in NY! 🌐#COSP17 theme is "Rethinking #disabilityinclusion in the current international juncture and ahead of the Summit of the Future". ℹ️ bit.ly/un-cosp17 #EveryoneIncluded

A message from ILMI’s Dr James Casey #2024UNCSC #Disabilityinclusivefuture @cbm_ireland @CBM_Global @Coalition2030IR @UDPKenya @Sightsavers @SGPWD @IDA_CRPD_Forum @UNSDSN #SDG #SDGs #Agenda2030 @IrlAmbKenya @dfatirl @rodericogorman @AnneRabbitte @IrelandAmbUN @IrishMissionUN

Join us tomorrow for our side event at the UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi #2024UNCSC in-person session. What does a truly #inclusive future for all mean to you? @IDA_CRPD_Forum @Sightsavers @CBM_Global @UNICEF @BlindUnion

Disability is a cross cutting issue & OPDs are not limited to #SDG 10, with our intersectional identities, our experiences encompass a wider scope to include all the SDGs. As we head to the #2024UNCSC, we have a say in all the 5 chapters of the Pact for the Future. #WeCommit

"A seat at the table for 1 billion persons with #disabilities" is a space for us to build a truly inclusive future for all. Join our discussion at the UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi on Thursday 9 May #2024UNCSC

As we look forward to the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference, we've held a meeting with #OPDs and developed Key Messages on what it means for persons with #disabilities to be truly included in the #PactForTheFuture. #2024UNCS #WeCommit #Inclusion

There are an estimated 1.3 billion persons with disabilities. Yet, as discussions begin on the Pact for the Future, the inclusion and recognition of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations have dwindled. ✍️ @IDA_CRPD_Forum sdg.iisd.org/commentary/gue…