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Networking and SharingAn Overview of Current Disability and International Development

3rd November, 2012The Annex, Taff housing, Cardiff

Sian Tesni: Senior Advisor Education – CBM

e-bost / e-mail: siantesni@cbm.orgwww.cbm.org

 

 

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Overview:

• Getting to know what we do know?• Background• CRPD• Global Partnership Education• GCE – Global Campaign in Education• Beyond 2015

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MDGs and reaching the Goals

Let’s look at the goals:

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MDGs and reaching the Goals

Let’s look at the goals: WHO reports• 1 billion persons with

disabilities• 80% in low and middle

income countries• 2% of children with

disabilities access schooling

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• Equity, human rights and sustainability are the three core principles that the UN System Task Team suggests should underpin the post-2015 global development framework

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• Inclusive social development is one of four core area for progress in the coming years to build a secure and sustainable world for all.

• It includes universal access to education and learning outcomes, which are affordable also to marginalised groups, such as people with disabilities.

• UN System Task Team on the post-2015 UN Development Agenda. “Realizing the future we want for all: Report to the Secretary-General”, New York, June 2012, p. 23.

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CRPD – Convention of the rights of persons with disabilities - 2006

• 154 signatories • 74 ratifications and

accessions of the Protocol

• Check your country.• What does this mean?• Monitoring –

Committee on the Rights of PWD

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Global Campaign on Education

• The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) is a civil society movement working to end the global education crisis.

• It aims to make sure that States act now to deliver the right of everyone to a free, quality public education.

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• Almost 100 countries• UK is a member• Check your country• GAW – • 2013 – Teachers• 2014 – Children with

disabilities.

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Global Partnership in Education

• Education First (26.09.12)• Education First is a new initiative by United

Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. 250 million children cannot read, write or count well,

• the fundamental right to free, quality primary schooling so that every parent can give their child an opportunity to fulfil their dreams.

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The goals of Education

First:

• Get all children in school• Better quality• Global citizenship• Raising the political

profile of education, quality education and generate additional and sufficient funding through sustained advocacy efforts.

• Learn more:

Type: JPG.

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GPE partners – UN, WB, CS. Govts

• Focus:• Country ownership• Accessibility• Teacher Education• Data collection• 67 million (out of

school children - WHO 2011)

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The Way forward….

What you can do:• Find out• Discuss what you can

do• Get involved• Nothing about us

without us• Human rights, twin

track approach• Inclusive Development

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Thanks for your attentionAny questions?

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