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Making Development Inclusive: National event series - event 5
Conference World Report on Disability and CBR Guidelines in Different National and Cultural Contexts

On 28 October 2011 IDDC member DCDD and partners took the lead in launching the 2011 World Report on Disability and the new CBR Guidelines (2010) in the Netherlands. Through speakers and workshops the event also addressed other countries aiming to link learning between Africa, Asia and Europe.

IDDC featuring in UN discussion Women Voices in Disability and Development

On 1 February 2012 the Missions of Mexico and Sweden sponsored a side event at the Commission for Social Development, a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council of the UN’s General Assembly. The discussion entitled “Women Voices in Disability and Development” focused on the inter-linkage of gender and impairment, highlighting the fall-out from aggravated and compounded forms of discrimination. IDDC emphasised that the cycle of poverty and impairment will often lead to further marginalization, as scarce resources are usually not spent on a disabled family member.

Making Development Inclusive: National event series - event 4
International workshop on Italy's commitment to Article 32 of the CRPD

On 21 October 2011 IDDC member AIFO, along with the Italian Network on Disability and Development, hosted a conference discussing strategies for implementing Article 32 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as part of the EU funded Making Development Inclusive project.