Commonwealth Disabled Youth Forum

CDPF Commonwealth Disabled Youth Forum

CDPF Commonwealth Disabled Youth Forum presents the Empowering Change Webinar: Shifting the Paradigm on Disability.

Participants:
Kihembo Wilbert, Youth Coordinator CCDYF
Richard Rieser, General Secretary CDPF
Namwanje Gorret, Program Coordinator CCDYF
Dr Emile Gouws, Underrepresented groups representative CDPF
Dr Sruti Mohapatra, Vice Chair CDPF
Clare Gibellini, Chair NDDA

Webinar

Flyer for the Empowering Change webinar with portraits of the participants

Kihembo Wilbert’s account of the CDPF Executive Meeting in Kenya

On the 6th of July, I landed in Kenya for my second visit, this time for the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum (CDPF) Executive Meeting, held from the 7th to the 11th of July at Maanzoni Lodge, Nairobi. The meeting was followed by discussions with Kenyan Government Officials on the 12th of July, 2024. Read the full article Read the full article here.

Kihembo’s Presentation to the 10th Commonwealth Youth Ministers’ Meeting

Submission to Commonwealth Secretariat outlining the positions and recommendations of CDPF to 10th CYMM, London September 11th to 15th 2023

Since relaunching in New York in June 2019 the CDPF has grown, with currently 95 member organisations in 50 Commonwealth countries and seeks to be representative of the more than 450million disabled people across the Commonwealth, whatever their impairing condition. We support the leadership of disabled people on disability issues. Nothing About Us Without Us.

We are a cross impairment organisation and seek to support and challenge our governments to dismantle the stigma, prejudice and barriers that hold us back from achieving equality.
On Youth we have set up a Youth and Women’s Forum and produced a Disabled Youth Manifesto.

The CDPF aim is the full implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities UNCRPD, full equality and human rights for disabled people across the Commonwealth.

CDPF submission to 10CYMM September 2023 (Word doc)

Kihembo Wilbert Presentation (Powerpoint)

Launch of Commonwealth Year of Youth 30th January 2023

https://www.facebook.com/ComSecYouth/videos/850600816229899/

See Secretary General Speech 1.17.00—1.38.40

In particular mention of CDPF Manifesto for Youth 1.27.00 to 1.35.37

Read the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum Youth Manifesto here.