Dear Friends and Partners of Swabhiman, Like many of you, Swabhiman and Odisha State disAbility Network are closely following the news about COVID-19 and its progression around the world. India has survived many trials, but Covid19 is clearly a different…
Newsletter #3
The third CDPF newsletter, dated June 2020
Letter to UK Prime Minister from General Secretary Richard Rieser 09.06.20
Dear Boris Johnson, I write to you as the Secretary of the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum. We represent the 450 million plus disabled people across the Commonwealth and are very concerned about the loss of human rights demonstrated during the…
Letter from Baroness Sugg to General Secretary Richard Rieser
Responding to Richard Rieser’s email of 19 May, enclosing a report from the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum about the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities.
Accessibility and COVID-19
Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum COVID 19 Summit held by Video Link 24.04.2020
4 key points from Summit Friday: Lack of PPE for carers and disabled people, not being thought of – particular Personal Assistants and carers not being maintained Food distribution – India did survey 30 states and nothing getting through Communications…
Principles and Statement to Governments on Disabled People and the impact of Pandemic of COVID-19 Coronavirus
The following principles and statement to Governments were agreed by the CDPF Executive Committee 30th March 2020 and provided to help ensure disabled people throughout the Commonwealth are not disadvantaged and have their needs met. Principles Preamble: Human Rights are…
Newsletter #2
The second CPDF newsletter, dated December 2019.
Newsletter #1
The first CPDF newsletter, dated October 2019
Declaration of relaunch conference, 13th June 2019
Declaration from the newly re-launched Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum We, the delegates of 27 Commonwealth Countries, being representative Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs), attending the re-launch of the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum, applaud the adoption of a constitution, work programme and…