IACD is celebrating the International Day of Disabled Persons on December 3rd 2018, by inviting those working on community development with disabled people to contribute articles for consideration for a planned Special Issue of Practice Insights magazine on this theme. Our intention is to publish this Special Issue by June 2019. If you are interested in submitting an article, please contact Anna Clarke, chair of the IACD Training, Publications and Professional Development Committee anna.clarke@iacdglobal.org to indicate your interest NO LATER THAN 1st February 2019.
Submitted articles will be peer reviewed prior to decision to publish. We are looking for a dozen articles from different parts of the world. Articles can be either practice case studies or based upon research around community education/organisation/empowerment approaches to disability. Practice Insights magazine is intended for the busy practitioner and should not be over academic in style.
About the International Year
This aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.
Building on many decades of UN’s work in the field of disability, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted in 2006, has further advanced the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other international development frameworks, such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, the New Urban Agenda, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development.
2018 Theme: Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality
This year’s theme focuses on empowering persons with disabilities for an inclusive, equitable and sustainable development as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2030 Agenda pledges to “leave no one behind”. Persons with disabilities, as both beneficiaries and agents of change, can fast track the process towards inclusive and sustainable development and promote resilient society for all, including in the context of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action, and urban development. Governments, persons with disabilities and their representative organisations, academic institutions and the private sector need to work as a “team” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This year, the UN Secretary-General will launch on the Day a flagship report, entitled “UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development | 2018 – Realizing the SDGs by, for and with persons with disabilities”. Events at UNHQ on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities at UN Headquarters will bring together Member States, UN entities, Mayors, national and local policy makers, civil society organizations, academic institutes and organizations of persons with disabilities to discuss the way forward for inclusive, equitable and sustainable development.
