[PDF-members] Fw: Invitation to Participate in Survey: COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor

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From: Amba Salelkar [mailto:bridge-regional-fellow at ida-secretariat.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 5:53 PM
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Subject: Invitation to Participate in Survey: COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor




Dear friends,



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).



The survey link is https://covid-drm.org/ and the survey is available in different languages including English, Spanish, French, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Slovenian and Serbian.



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.



Please find the detailed email below



With warm regards,



Amba







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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.

  *   To complete the survey, which is available in multiple languages, please visit: https://covid-drm.org/
  *   Read the Guidance Notes for domestic level Organisations of Persons with Disabilities and NGOs<http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/sites/default/files/200420_guidance_note_use_this.docx> (also attached)

Background:

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. 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.

With the endorsements of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Mr Dainius Pūras, 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.

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 www.covid-drm.org<http://www.covid-drm.org>. 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.

  *   Read more on:  https://bit.ly/3apCl48

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