KEY TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNCRPD: LONG TERM FUNDING TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN DPOS/OPDS. Side Meeting Global Summit 12.45 -2.00 CET pm Wednesday 16th February 2022 Supported UKFCDO, External Affairs Canada, CDPF and Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations. A key theme…
CDPF Newsletter #7
CDPF Newsletter #6
Commonwealth Scholarships
Dear Colleagues, 2022 Commonwealth Scholarships Committee (CSC)-Masters and PhDs Please circulate in your country if on list at bottom of this letter, to disabled people with a good first degree for Masters and a Masters level for PhD scholarships. Closing date to CSC by 1st November…
CDPF Newsletter #5
Free On-line Disability Equality Capacity-building Course
The Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum is an organisation representing Disabled People (people with disabilities) across the 54 countries of the Commonwealth, which works to improve their position, wellbeing and human rights. With 80 organisations run and controlled by disabled people…
Implementing the SDGs and CRPD: Commonwealth Disabled People’s perspective
COSP13 Online side meeting 4.12.20 Chair: Sarah Kamau, Kenya, Acting Chair CDPF Speakers: Diana Samarasan, Disability Rights Fund Layne Robinson, Commonwealth Secretariat Richard Rieser, UK, General Secretary CDPF Dr Sruti Mohapatra, India, Acting Vice Chair CDPF Thandi Mfulo, South Africa,…
Technical Briefing Session on Disability Rights in the Commonwealth
Virtual Meeting: 2 December 2020 from 10:00 to 12:00hrs (GMT)
Implementing the SDGs and CRPD. Online meeting 4 December 2020
Commonwealth countries adopt statement on promoting human rights in and through sport
Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) guarantees the Right to participate in recreation, leisure and Sport. This recent statement from the Commonwealth underscores the importance of promoting human rights through sport and the importance of guaranteeing Commonwealth Citizens with disabilities the right to participate in sports on an equal basis with others.