Tag: COVID-19

A coalition of seven global disability rights organizations have today called for urgent action by States and the international community to halt the catastrophic failure to protect the lives, health, and rights of persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Richard Rieser to Boris Johnson regarding cuts to international aid, 31 July 2020 Response from Diana Dalton on behalf of Boris Johnson, 1 September 2020

Young people with disabilities representatives of DPO’s and NGO’s from Fiji, Malta, France, India, Maldives, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia Mauritius, Australia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Canada and United Kingdom came together for roundtable discussions. These were organised by Include Me TOO…

This is in response to Richard Rieser’s letter of 9 June. Dear Mr Rieser,Thank you for your letters of 9 June to the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary regarding the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities. I have been…

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…

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…