17 July 2018

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People

DFID’s Approach to Disability in Development: A Rapid Review (Independent Commission for Aid Impact, May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Disability and Asylum: 3 Key Measures the Global Compact for Migration Should Commit to," Migration News Sheet, 9 March 2018 [text]

"'Don’t forget about us': Attitudes Towards the Inclusion of Refugee Children with(out) Disabilities," International Journal of Inclusive Education, Latest Articles, 20 April 2018 [open access]

Getting It Right for Persons with Disabilities: Mainstreaming Disability Issues Using the Global Compact, the New York Declaration on Refugees, the Annexed CRRF and the SDG’s (SSRN, June 2018) [text]

IASC Guidelines for Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Note: "This is an Easy to Read version of the IASC Guidelines for Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action. The official version of this document will be available later this year." See also regional consultation reports for Latin America and MENA.

IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action: Asia Regional Consultation with GBV & Gender Actors, Workshop Report, May 2018 (IASC et al., May 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Improving Healthcare Access for Persons with Disabilities in Lebanon, AUB Policy Institute Policy Brief, no. 7 (American Univ. of Beirut et al., Dec. 2017) [text]

Older People in Displacement: Falling through the Cracks of Emergency Responses (ODI & HelpAge, July 2018) [text]
- Focus is on South Sudanese.

The Role and Vulnerabilities of Older People in Drought in East Africa: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities for a More Inclusive Humanitarian Response (ODI & HelpAge, July 2018) [text]

Shifting the Focus from Vulnerability to Rights and Resilience: A Progressive Approach to Humanitarian Action for Persons with Disabilities, ECOSOC Side Event, New York, 20 June 2018 [info]
- See also related OCHA remarks.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People (8 May 2018)

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