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To: Irish Government
Sign the Charter for Change and include people with disabilities
Join 47 other countries and sign the Disability Summit Charter for Change, which commits to ensure the rights, freedoms, dignity and inclusion for all persons with disabilities.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/global-disability-summit-charter-for-change
In overseas humanitarian work, the charter outlines that signatories will "Change practices to make all humanitarian action fully inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities.We will mainstream inclusion across all Disaster Risk Reduction and humanitarian sectors, and implement our commitments in the Charter ‘Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action’."
Why is this important?
Poverty and disability go hand in hand creating a cycle of inequality, isolation, and exclusion that leads to the most extreme forms of poverty.
Over 50% of disabilities are preventable and directly linked to poverty related issues, including lack of food, water and healthcare. (UN)
As many as 13.2 million people fleeing from conflict or natural disasters have disabilities. (UNCHR)
90% of children with disabilities in developing countries do not attend school. (Unicef)
15% of the world's population has a disability severe enough that their participation in family, community political life is limited. (WHO)
To break the cycle of poverty and disability, we must ensure the rights, freedoms, dignity and inclusion for all persons with disabilities.