#disability inclusive development

[personswithdisabilitiesday]

Mobilizing social partners for Article 27 of the UNCRPD - the right to work for persons with disabilities (COSP17 Side Event).

Mobilizing social partners for Article 27 of the UNCRPD - the right to work for persons with disabilities (COSP17 Side Event)

This side-event focuses on the role that worker and employer organisations can play through disability inclusive social dialogue and how thi

This side-event focuses on the role that worker and employer organisations can play through disability inclusive social dialogue and how this can be facilitated by State parties. 

Watch Mobilizing social partners for Article 27 of the UNCRPD - the right to work for persons with disabilities (COSP17 Side Event)!

[personswithdisabilitiesday]

Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world.

The commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022 is Inspired by the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly opening on 13 September under the theme, “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges”, and in recognition that the world is at a critical moment in the history of the United Nations, it is time to act and find joint solutions in building a more sustainable and resilient world for all and for the generations to come.

New York Commemoration.

Monday, 5 December 2022, 10AM-12:00 PM. Virtual Zoom Meeting.

The 2022 global observance to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities will be around the overarching theme of innovation and transformative solutions for inclusive development, covering in three different interactive dialogues the following thematic topics:

Innovation for disability inclusive development in employment (SDG8): this dialogue will discuss the linkages between employment, knowledge and skills required to access employment in an innovative, rapidly changing technological landscape to all and how assistive technologies can increase accessibility to employment and be mainstreamed in the workplace.

Innovation for disability inclusive development in reducing inequality (SDG10): this dialogue will discuss innovations, practical tools and good practices to reduce inequalities in both public and private sectors, which are disability inclusive and interested in promoting diversity in the workplace.

Innovation for disability inclusive development: sport as an exemplar case: a sector where all of these aspects coalesce; sport as a good practice example and a site of innovation, employment and equity.