Publication Date
2016
6 p
This position paper states that "only by utilising the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as a guiding framework in implementing the SDGs, will it be ensured that exclusion and inequality are not created or perpetuated". Proposals are made and background presented on the topics of: the unfinished work of the MDGs; realising, through an enabling environment, the full potential of persons with disabilities; working together to protect our planet; and reaching the farthest behind first
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Keywords
Cross-cutting; policy; Development/ Humanitarian; development in general; other: disasters; Disability and social diversity; persons with disabilities; Global picture; poverty; Health; systems: leadership and governance; Human rights; rights; Inclusion; empowerment; exclusion and discrimination; inclusion and mainstreaming; society and social change; Livelihoods; work and employment
Type of material
CRPD