International Day of Persons with Disabilities

  Media coverage has a huge impact on public perceptions, attitudes, and behaviour of all citizens. Yet, persons with disabilities are often excluded from media coverage. Audiences with disabilities often consume content in audio, video, text, or digital formats that do not meet accessibility requirements. In addition, media organizations provide limited workplace accommodations for media professionals with disabilities. In fostering media diversity , UNESCO aims to help the media to integrate the principles of inclusion, equality and equity into all programming, reporting, content production and dissemination, operations and management practices . 

  Spread the Word! Everyone can join on social media by promoting this year’s theme.Follow us on Twitter @UN_Enable , @UNDESASocial, @UNDESA and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/undesasocial Use #DisabilityDay and #IDPD as the main hashtags Other hashtags: #EveryoneIncluded, #GlobalGoals and #CRPD

UN Flagship Report on Disability and Sustainable Development Goals (2018);  Download the Full Report (PDF) Easy read version: Executive Summary (PDF) #Envision2030: 17 goals to transform the world for persons with disabilities Imagine the world in 2030, fully inclusive of persons with disabilities! Infographic Disability-inclusive SDGs ( JPG ) (Image that graphically shows disability-inclusion in the SDGs) Transforming our world: The 2030 Agenda for sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) UN website Monitoring and Evaluation of Disability-Inclusive Development: Data and Statistics Disability-related events, statements and media 2030 Agenda Introductory Toolkit and Comprehensive Guide for persons with disabilities (IDA/IDDC resource) Agenda 2030 and the SDGs (PDF, easy-read version) Launch of new UN postage stamp on disability and development (Chinese) (see also Statement of the Secretary-General and UNPA website for Disability and Developm...

#Envision2030: 17 Goals to transform the World for Persons with Disabilities In September 2015, the General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Building on the principle of “leaving no one behind”, the new Agenda emphasizes a holistic approach to achieving sustainable development for all. The SDGs also explicitly include disability and persons with disabilities 11 times. Disability is referenced in multiple parts of the SDGs, specifically in the parts related to education, growth and employment, inequality, accessibility of human settlements, as well as data collection and the monitoring of the SDGs. Although, the word “disability” is not cited directly in all goals, the goals are indeed relevant to ensure the inclusion and development of persons with disabilities. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development holds a deep promise for persons with disabilities everywhere. The year 2016 marks the first year ...