Disability in the Pacific
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This page has curated news from the Pacific. There are a total of 10 links.
Highlights
In Climate Crisis and Environment:
Disability and Climate change in the Pacific. Findings from discussions with disabled people in Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
“Many of the impacts highlighted in this report relate to exclusionary practices that already exist. This ranges from discrimination within the household to exclusion from policy formation and policy implementation. For example, persons with disabilities may not be prioritised when a household is experiencing a shortage of food or water. Similarly, persons with disabilities are often not considered in disaster risk management, such as the design of evacuation procedures and evacuation shelters. Without concerted action, the impact of exclusion on persons with disabilities will become worse under climate change.” (link to pdf, 2022, Pacific Disability Forum)
Contents
- Climate Crisis and Environment
- Data and Research
- Digital Accessibility and Technology
- Disaster Risk Reduction and Crisis Response
- International Cooperation
- Policy and Rights
- Violence and Harassment
Climate Crisis and Environment
Podcast with Sainimili Tawake who works as inclusive development advisor for the Pacific Disability Forum. (No transcript, 2022, UNDP)
Disability and Climate change in the Pacific. Findings from discussions with disabled people in Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
“Many of the impacts highlighted in this report relate to exclusionary practices that already exist. This ranges from discrimination within the household to exclusion from policy formation and policy implementation. For example, persons with disabilities may not be prioritised when a household is experiencing a shortage of food or water. Similarly, persons with disabilities are often not considered in disaster risk management, such as the design of evacuation procedures and evacuation shelters. Without concerted action, the impact of exclusion on persons with disabilities will become worse under climate change.” (link to pdf, 2022, Pacific Disability Forum)
Data and Research
Introduction to Disability Data Advocacy Workshop for Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (2023, UNFPA)
Digital Accessibility and Technology
Technology
Capturing Vision Through Sound and Touch Disability Justice Project Fellows Harness iPhone Technology to Spotlight Climate Crisis in the Pacific. (Jan, Disability Justice Project)
Disaster Risk Reduction and Crisis Response
Australian NGOs enabling disability-inclusive disaster prep in Pacific (2023, Pro Bono)
Pacific Disaster Ready: Disability inclusion tip sheets. (2022, CBM Australia)
International Cooperation
Organisations of Persons with Disabilities: Making a Difference in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands “It is testament to OPDs’ success that they have become sought-after partners for international agencies in the Pacific”. The report also describes how these agencies perceive and fund the OPD role limits what they can do and makes it harder for them to follow their own objectives. (2022, CBM Global)
Australian leadership in disability inclusion at the 2022 Pacific Satellite Summit (2022, CBM Australia)
Policy and Rights
A short video with nice footage introducing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2022, ILO)
Violence and Harassment
Know your rights: Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic. (link to pdf, 2022, Women Enabled)