[PDFlist] FW: FYI: DRR as part of the UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development

[Setareki Macanawai]

From: disabilities at cc.preventionweb.net [mailto:disabilities at cc.preventionweb.net] On Behalf Of Persons with Disabilities at the 2017 Global Platform
Sent: Friday, 7 December 2018 4:56 AM
To: Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction <disabilities at cc.preventionweb.net>
Subject: [didrr] FYI: DRR as part of the UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development

Dear all,

It is a pleasure to inform you that on 3 December as part of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the UN Flagship report on Disability and Development was launched: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/publication-disability-sdgs.html

“The UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development 2018 – Realizing the SDGs by, for and with persons with disabilities shows that people with disabilities are at a disadvantage regarding most Sustainable Development Goals, but also highlights the growing number of good practices that can create a more inclusive society in which they can live independently.” Said UN Secretary-General António Guterres’.

Please note that UNISDR has actively contributed in the development to the report as a member of the Inter-Agency Support Group to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The report includes a separate chapter on “Building resilience of persons with disabilities and reducing their exposure to and impact from climate-related hazards and other shocks and disasters (SDGs 1.5, 11.5 and 13). There is a specific sub-chapter on “International normative frameworks on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction” (p. 278). Particularly Box 9 on 281 highlights how through the implementation of the Sendai Framework disability inclusive DRR is starting to become systematically mainstreamed at regional level.

Many UN agencies have used the occasion of the International Day to announce their strategy/guidance on how to empower persons with disabilities:


1.   UN WOMEN Strategy on the Empowerment of Women and Girls with Disabilities (Sendai Framework included): http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2018/12/the-empowerment-of-women-and-girls-with-disabilities

2.   UNDP Guidance on Disability Inclusive Development (Sendai Framework included): http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/democratic-governance/human_rights/disability-inclusive-development-in-undp.html

Please note that earlier this week, UNISDR has launched a new mechanism for engaging with partners in implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The so called Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism was launched at the Stakeholder Advisory Board meeting that took place from Monday to Wednesday this week: https://www.unisdr.org/archive/62405

Finally, I hope you have started to register your participation to the 2019 Global Platform: https://www.unisdr.org/conference/2019/globalplatform/register
Information on accessibility for this meeting can be found at: https://www.unisdr.org/conference/2019/globalplatform/accessibility

Best wishes,
Stefanie

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Stefanie Dannenmann-Di Palma [Ms/PhD]
External Relations Officer
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
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