International Disability Alliance

🌏 The IDA, under the Reference Group on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, will be co-implementing a three years project (September 2024 to August 2027) aimed at enhancing the capacity of the humanitarian system to provide disability-inclusive humanitarian action. This will involve strengthening disability-inclusive localization through capacity sharing between local/national Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) and humanitarian actors. We are looking for a Technical Humanitarian Senior Officer to contribute to the implementation of this project component. 📅 Application deadline: 23 September 2024 👇 To find out more please visit: https://lnkd.in/eai_DxK

The CRPD Committee has concluded its 31st session with reviews of 9 States. Concluding Observations for Belarus 🇧🇾, Belgium 🇧🇪, Benin 🇧🇯, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, Denmark 🇩🇰, Ghana 🇬🇭, Mauritius 🇲🇺, Netherlands 🇳🇱, and Ukraine 🇺🇦 will be published soon. Know more: https://lnkd.in/gHiBpMRH

Last week at the 31st Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the CRPD Committee conducted State reviews for Ghana, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, Mauritius, and Ukraine. IDA collaborated with representatives from organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) from these six countries, who travelled to Geneva, Switzerland, to brief the CRPD Committee on their concerns, claims, and recommendations regarding the rights of persons with disabilities at the national level. The detailed reviews are available here: https://lnkd.in/gbpCizQm

From September 2-5, 2024, the AFRICAN DISABILITY FORUM (ADF), in collaboration with the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and Sightsavers, is hosting an OPD led regional event in Nairobi, Kenya, focusing on redefining inclusive development and humanitarian action in Africa for persons with disabilities. This summit is a landmark event in advancing disability inclusion across the continent. On the last day of the Summit, ADF, in coordination with IDA and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), is hosting a Regional Disability Summit to have #VoicesOfAfrica at the heart of Global Disability Summit (GDS) 2025  . This unique conference brings together over 100 participants from various sectors, including governments, UN agencies, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society organizations. With OPDs leading the charge, we aim to identify priority issues for disability inclusion in Africa and formulate actionable strategies to close existing gaps. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gW7GGmY8 #VoicesOfAfrica #CommitToChange #GDS2025

🌏 The IDA, under the Reference Group on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, will be co-implementing a three years project (September 2024 to August 2027) aimed at enhancing the capacity of the humanitarian system to provide disability-inclusive humanitarian action. This will involve strengthening disability-inclusive localization through capacity sharing between local/national Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) and humanitarian actors. We are looking for a Technical Humanitarian Senior Officer to contribute to the implementation of this project component. 📅 Application deadline: 23 September 2024 👇 To find out more please visit: https://lnkd.in/eai_DxK

📢 The Global Disability Summit 2025 will be co-hosted by the International Disability Alliance, the government of Germany and the government of Jordan. It will happen in Berlin, Germany, on April 2nd and 3rd, 2025, along with Civil Society Forum that will take place on 1st of April 2025. 🌎 To this extent, we are looking for 10 International Sign Language Interpreters for the days of the events. 📅 Application deadline: 30 September 2024 👇 For more information please visit: https://lnkd.in/eai_DxK

📢 We are looking for a Research Consultant to undertake a comprehensive study on "Truth-Telling Institutions & the Investigation of suspicious deaths of persons with disabilities: International Standards and Best Practices." 📅 Apply until: 01 September 2024 👇 If interested to find out more visit our website and learn how to apply: https://lnkd.in/gM-bNUd5

📢 We are looking for a Research Consultant to undertake a comprehensive study on "Truth-Telling Institutions & the Investigation of suspicious deaths of persons with disabilities: International Standards and Best Practices." 📅 Apply until: 01 September 2024 👇 If interested to find out more visit our website and learn how to apply: https://lnkd.in/eai_DxK

✨ IDA celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples! This year, we look forward to the annual thematic report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which will spotlight the rights of indigenous persons with disabilities. We appreciate the inclusive and participatory process behind this report, led by United Nations Human Rights, which included IDA, and networks like the Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (IPWDGN). 📖 Read more and check out the reflections of representatives of IPWDGN on this year’s theme, “Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact”: https://lnkd.in/eBk6aUKK

📢 We are looking for a Youth Fellow, with a mission to support the IDA Youth Committee and IDA members in enhancing knowledge, capacity and leadership of youth with disabilities, towards their full and effective participation in the global disability-inclusive sustainable development agenda. 📆 Apply until: 30 August 2024 👇 To learn more please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eai_DxK