Strengthening the Participation, Inclusion and Rights of Children and Young People with Disabilities during on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
CCYDN with Include Me TOO organised and facilitated an official side event Strengthening the Participation, Inclusion and Rights of Children and Young People with Disabilities during the 12th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) which took place at United Nations New York in June 2019.
During this conference CCYDN was officially launched internationally and delegation of disabled young people shared the key messages provided by children & young people during the Global Disability Summit 2018 and presented their report with included contributions from disabled children and young people representing *23 countries (of which 20 countries are Commonwealth members).
The event advocated the importance of ‘Strengthening the Participation, Rights and Inclusion of Disabled Children & Young People’ through meaningful participation, their visibility, representation, having their voices heard and the GDS Global Disability Children and Young People’s Charter 12 commitments being actioned.
Areas covered during presentations were:
- The Global Disability Summit Children & Young People’s Programme Report
- The changes they wish to see and what matters to them the most
- How they want to be included and can contribute
- Inclusive Education
- Economic Empowerment
- Ending Stigma and Discrimination
- Gender Equality – Safeguarding, ending all forms of abuse and harmful practices
- Global Disability Children and Young People’s Charter
- Global Disability Youth Summit focusing on Global Sustainable Development Goals
