Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network
The Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network (CCYDN) is the youth with disabilities led network uniting the voices and strengthening the inclusion and meaningful participation, advocacy and leadership of children and youth with disabilities across the Commonwealth for their human rights and inclusive futures.
Who are we?
The Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network (CCYDN) is the first ever Commonwealth disability children and youth network driven by youth with disabilities and supported by Include Me TOO in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat and is the official disability thematic youth network under the auspicious of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Since established in 2019 CCYDN provides a platform for youth with disabilities to connect, share learning, develop leadership and advocacy skills and knowledge to influence on disability rights, inclusion UNCRC and UNCRPD implementation at national, regional and global levels.
CCYDN membership include those who are part of Youth Disabled Persons Organisation (YDPO), Disabled Persons Organisation (DPO), Organisation of Persons with Disabilities (OPD), Non Governmental Organisation (NGO -whom support and empower disabled children and young people and individual members.
CCYDN members are young leaders, innovators, advocates and changemakers, who continue to strive to ensure that the voice of children and youth with disabilities are heard across the globe on the issues that matter to them and impact their futures.
Campaigns:
- Global Disability Children & Young People’s Charter #2030 Call To Action
- #YearOfYouth – Commonwealth Youth Code of Practice (CYCoP)
- #YearOfYouth – Survey on Young People with Disabilities Participation, Representation and Leadership in Disability Rights Advocacy and Public Decision Making
- #YearOfYouth – 10th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting London September 2023
CCYDN Events and News:
- Accelerating Children and Youth with Disabilities’ Participation, Advocacy and Influence in the Commonwealth
- Call for Applications for CCYDN Executive Committee 2023-2025
- Children & Young People with Disabilities Human Rights and their Roles as Advocates/Changemakers within the Disability and Youth Movements
- Young People with Disabilities IDEAS Capacity Building Programme
- I Am Able II Antigua and Barbuda 2019
- CCYDN London 2019
- The First Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network
- United Nations New York – June 2019
- Disabled Young People from across the Globe gathered at the First ever ‘Commonwealth Disabled Youth Roundtable event’ during CHOGM in London