The governments of Germany and Jordan will co-host the third Global Disability Summit in 2025, according to a news release.
This news was announced at the close of the second and final day of the Global Disability Summit, which saw ambitious commitments from world leaders and organizations from across the world to improve the lives of people with disabilities.
Hosted by the governments of Norway and Ghana along with the International Disability Alliance (IDA), the virtual 2-day summit announced new policies and funding, and ground-breaking initiatives to support people with disabilities in education, inclusive health care, in the job market and in gender rights.
There were also pledges to ensure that the voices of Organizations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) were heard, and that there was meaningful consultation with them when vital decisions were taken. Meaningful OPD participation was a theme that resonated strongly through the 2 days at the Summit and among many of the 91 side-events. This was reinforced by the launch of the GDS discussion paper on OPD participation.
“OPDs need to be recognized as meaningful partners. The motto of the disability movement is ‘nothing about us, without us.’ But every possible agenda is about us. So simply, we are asking for nothing without us.”
— Yannis Vardakastanis, Chair of IDA
“What we started in London in 2018, continued in Norway in 2022, will not end here. The movement will go on until we have equality for all.”
— Hon. Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of International Development, Norway, Announcing the third Global Disability Summit
“We believe that it is the solemn right of people with disabilities to live a life of dignity in which all their unalienable rights are respected. We thank Norway, Ghana and IDA for their support, and congratulate them for their efforts”.
— His Royal Highness Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein, President of the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Jordan
“By continuing the Global Disability Summit, together with Jordan, in 2025 we contribute towards the goal described, we want to hear as many different voices as possible, including global civil society”.
— Dr Barbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
“We are so excited to be welcoming the Governments of Jordan and Germany. We will continue to write this history. The Global Disability Summit is an unstoppable movement.”
— Dr Vladimir Cuk, Executive Director, International Disability Alliance
The second Global Disability Summit occurred virtually over 2 days, 16-17 February 2022, and was live-streamed from Norway.
[Source(s): Global Disability Summit, PRWeb]
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