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News related to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in elections and other political processes, such as research, technological advancements, and inclusive efforts for upcoming elections.
On January 8, General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) partner in Vietnam, Hanoi Independent Living Center (HILC), organized a workshop with a local disabled people organization (DPO) partner in Da Nang province to identify community priorities in the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025. The aim of the workshop was to introduce the Masterplan…
Read more Workshop in Identifying Priorities in Da Nang Province, Vietnam
On December 20, ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF), in collaboration with Hanoi Independent Living Center (HILC) and Vietnam Federation on Disability (VFD), organized a pilot awareness campaign on the Masterplan in Hanoi, Vietnam. The event was attended by 72 participants, 54 of whom were women. Ms. Ha Minh Duc, Senior Official on Social Welfare…
Read more Pilot Awareness Campaign on the Masterplan in Hanoi, Vietnam
The award night for the “Short Film Competition – Inclusive Indonesia” was held on December 19 and organized by PPDI at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs compound. H.E. Ambassador Jose Tavares, Director General for ASEAN Cooperation of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Angkie Yudistia, Presidential Special Staff, and Gufroni Sakaril, Chairperson of PPDI…
Read more 2019 PPDI Short Film Competition – Inclusive Indonesia
On December 12, Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization (CDPO) held its final discussion in a series of live roundtables on celebrating the international day of persons with disabilities (IDPD) in Cambodia. CPDO invited the Deputy Chief of Integration of Persons with Disabilities Unit of the Disability Action Council (DAC) – a national coordination and…
Read more CDPO Radio Talk Show on International Day on Persons with Disabilities in Cambodia
On December 5, Myanmar Independent Living Initiative (MILI) met with the union minister of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief, and Resettlement (MSWRR), Dr. Win Myat Aye, in Nay Pyi Taw, to discuss potential areas of collaboration in conducting the multi-stakeholder dialogue on the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons… Read more MILI Meeting with Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
On December 3 – 5, General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) participated in the 2019 ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Regional Dialogue on the Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community (Gender Perspectives on Disability Rights). The dialogue’s first activity, concurrent with the International Day of…
On December 3, AGENDA organized an Interface Meeting of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities from ASEAN Member States in Bangkok, Thailand. Thirty-three representatives from nine of the 10 ASEAN member states, 21 of which were women, participated in the meeting. Prof. Dr. Amara Pongsapich, Thailand Representative to the AICHR and the Chair of…
Read more Interface Meeting of OPDs from ASEAN before 2019 AICHR Regional Dialogue
On November 29, ASEAN Disability Forum, in collaboration with AGENDA partner the Cambodia Disabled People Organization (CDPO), held its first pilot awareness campaign to promote the Masterplan in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Seventy-seven participants attended, 20 of which were women. The campaign included an open-for-public exhibition where Cambodian DPOs s presented on their organization…
Read more Awareness Campaign on the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan in Cambodia
On November 20, Tolhas Damanik, AGENDA Disability Rights Advisor, and Lim Puay Tiak, Chairperson of ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF), attended the open session with SOMSWD focal points during the 14th SOMSWD meeting in Lao PDR. Since September 2019, AGENDA and ADF, through the ASEAN Secretariat, had requested to have an open session with…
