[community] Fwd: Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19

[Jutta Treviranus]

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Jutta

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From: Maria De Freitas Martinho <martinho at un.org<mailto:martinho at un.org>>
Subject: Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19
Date: June 8, 2020 at 12:11:43 PM EDT
To: Maria De Freitas Martinho <martinho at un.org<mailto:martinho at un.org>>

Dear colleagues,

I am happy to share that the UN Secretary-general has launched:

SG’s Policy Brief: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19<http://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2020/05/sg_policy_brief_on_persons_with_disabilities_final.pdf>

and UNDESA has launched a policy brief focusing on the impact of covid-19 on women and girls with disabilities:

Leaving no one behind: the COVID-19 crisis through the disability and gender lens<https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2020/05/PB_69.pdf>

I take the opportunity to invite you to share with us any laws/policies/initiatives developed in your country or organizationto protect the rights and promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities during the covid-19 pandemic. We are trying to gather information on experiences worldwide to facilitate sharing of good practices asap.

Best wishes,
Maria


Maria Martinho, DPhil | Social Affairs Officer
Social Inclusion and Participation Branch/Program on Disability | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
UN Headquarters, 405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017
Email: martinho at un.org<mailto:martinho at un.org> | Tel: +1 (212) 963-4947 | +1 (646) 732-7030 | skype: martinhomaria
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