Publication Date
October 2015
5 p, 9:17 mins
The reading pack highlights the importance of mainstreaming disability as a cross-cutting issue. Progress has been made since the post-2015 development framework especially in the legislation and in politics. However, in order to go further, “society itself needs to be radically reshaped (…) By mainstreaming disability into all areas of development assistance, general poverty and exclusion issues can be addressed in a way that does not leave out disabled people”
Disability and Development. GSDRC Professional Development Reading Pack no. 23
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Keywords
Development/ Humanitarian; disability and development; Disability and social diversity; persons with disabilities; Education; formal education; Global picture; disability; poverty; Human rights; rights; Inclusion; empowerment; inclusion and mainstreaming; Politics government and economics; economics; Sustainable development goals
