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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Amba Salelkar [mailto:bridge-regional-fellow@ida-secretariat.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 21, 2020 5:53 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Invitation to Participate in Survey: COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor</span></p>
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Please see below a very important survey which is leading to a Disability Rights Monitor to the COVID-19 response.This survey is organized by Validity Foundation, the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL), the International Disability Alliance (IDA),
Disability Rights International (DRI), the Disability Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC).
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The survey link is <a href="https://covid-drm.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
https://covid-drm.org/</a> and the survey is available in different languages including English, Spanish, French, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Slovenian and Serbian.
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Please also read the guidance note attached to this email before filling the survey. We also encourage you to circulate this in other networks that you are members of.</p>
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Please find the detailed email below</p>
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With warm regards,</p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt; color:#666666">--Wide dissemination | Please share among your networks!--</span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt; color:#073763">The world is facing enormous challenges nowadays caused by COVID-19. To support the global understanding of consequences of these challenges, Validity Foundation, the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL),
the International Disability Alliance (IDA), Disability Rights International (DRI), the Disability Rights Unit at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) are launching a survey
to highlight issues faced by persons with disabilities in the midst of COVID19. This initiative seeks to gather information on: i) the experiences of persons with disabilities and ii) how States are responding to states of emergency situations in relation
to this specific population. </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt; color:#073763">To complete the survey, which is available in multiple languages, please visit:
<a href="https://covid-drm.org/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
https://covid-drm.org/</a></span></b></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt; color:#073763"><a href="http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/sites/default/files/200420_guidance_note_use_this.docx" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Read the Guidance Notes
</b>for domestic level Organisations of Persons with Disabilities and NGOs</a> (also attached)</span></li></ul>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt; color:#073763">Background:</span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt; color:#073763">Evidence is emerging that persons with disabilities are being disproportionately affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and emergency measures being taken by governments worldwide. As governments rush to respond to
the virus, it is more critical than ever to guarantee that measures taken are fully inclusive of persons with disabilities and prevent human rights violations from taking place.
<i>Governments, organisations of persons with disabilities and all relevant stakeholders are invited to complete a survey to highlight issues faced by persons with disabilities in the midst of the COVID19 Pandemic.</i><br>
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With the endorsements of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Mr Dainius Pűras, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ms Catalina Devandas Aguilar, a coalition of six disability rights organisations
is today launching a major international monitoring initiative entitled “COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor” to conduct rapid independent monitoring of state measures concerning persons with disabilities. The first element of this global initiative is the
launch of two surveys requesting official information from governments and requesting the testimonies of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations. The surveys aim to collect information about what states are doing to protect core rights
of persons with disabilities including the rights to life, access to health and essential services.<br>
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Beyond this, the initiative seeks to highlight the particular issues faced by persons with disabilities in situations of heightened vulnerability, including those living in institutions and their own homes, children, older persons, those who are homeless and
people in rural settings. A new website has been created to host the surveys at <a href="http://www.covid-drm.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
www.covid-drm.org</a>. It will soon contain a dashboard to make the data collected publicly available. Surveys are being made available in fifteen languages initially. It is expected that the information collected will identify common issues facing persons
with disabilities worldwide, providing valuable information to inform policy measures at national and global levels, and will highlight promising practices which can strengthen the protection of disability rights during crises.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#073763">Read more on: <a href="https://bit.ly/3apCl48" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://bit.ly/3apCl48</a></span></b></li></ul>
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