The2nd
Global Disability Summitbeing held inBuenos Aires, Argentina. ‘Disability
Summit, Argentina 2019’, the three-day summit will be held from6 June to 8 June 2019.
India will be represented by the Minister of Social Justice and
EmpowermentThaawar
Chand Gehlot.
Organized
by:
TheGlobal
Disability Summitis organized byInternational Alliance Disability
(IDA),an umbrella organization focused on improving
awareness and rights for individuals with disabilities around the globe which
was established in 1999, andLatin
American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with Disabilitiesand
their Families(RIADIS).
Objective:
The summit will be focusing on deliberating
issues across theworld
concerning empowerment and inclusion ofPersons with Disabilities.
The summit will also include a discussion to work out a mechanism for enabling
them to live an independent and dignified life.
The Summit brings togethergovernments, international
organizations,organizations of people with disabilities,
civil society organizations, international cooperation agencies,
academia, and the private sector, with the hope of achieving real change for
people with disabilities.
1st
Global Disability Summit:
The1st
Global Disability Summitwas held inLondonon23-24 July 2018.The
summit was hosted by the UKDepartment
for International Development (DFID),along with theInternational Disability
Alliance (IDA)and the Government of Kenya.
Aim: The 1st summit was in line with the
principle of‘nothing
about us, without us’.40countries participated in the
summit.
All countries that participated in the summit
signed theCharter
for Change, the principal legacy document of the Global
Disability Summit and committed to working in direction of economic empowerment
of the persons with disabilities.
