Below are links to websites on disability and development, as well as some other useful sites.
(Australia, New Zealand, Pacific and South East Asia)
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I. International Disability and Development Resources
United Nations Enable Website http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?navid=9&pid=111
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
World Health Organization – Disabilities http://www.who.int/topics/disabilities/en/index.html
Asian Development Bank – Disabilities and Development http://www.adb.org/SocialProtection/disability.asp
Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD) http://www.gpdd-online.org
International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) http://www.iddcconsortium.net
International Disability Rights Monitor http://www.idrmnet.org
Make Development Inclusive – Mainstreaming Disability in Development Cooperation http://www.make-development-inclusive.org
UN Millennium Development Goals www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
The World Bank - Millennium Development Goals and Disabilities http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTSOCIALPROTECTION/EXTDISABILITY
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II. Regional Disability and Development Resources
(Australia, New Zealand, Pacific and South East Asia)
Australian Disabilities and Development Consortium http://www.addc.org.au
Australian Council for International Development http://www.acfid.asn.au
Australian Council for International Development – Disabilities and Development Statement http://www.acfid.asn.au/what-we-do/issues/disability-and-development/disability-and-development
Australian Federation of Disability Organizations http://www.afdo.org.au
Australian Development Gateway (with Disability Inclusive Development section!) www.developmentgateway.com.au
Australian International Health Institute – University of Melbourne http://www.aihi.unimelb.edu.au
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) http://www.ausaid.gov.au
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) – Disability Section http://www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/disability.cfm
Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) http://www.wwda.org.au
Australia and New Zealand Disability News http://www.disabled-world.com/news/australia-nz
Center for Global Development http://www.cgdev.org
Development Gateway http://www.developmentgateway.org
Global Focus Aotearoa (formerly the Development Resource Centre) www.globalfocus.org.nz
Eldis www.eldis.org
Institute of Development Studies http://www.ids.ac.uk
New Zealand International Aid and Development Agency (NZAID) www.nzaid.govt.org
New Zealand Council for International Development (CID) http://cid.org.nz
Disability and Inclusive Development Training from the NZ Council of International Development – with resources on KOHA and HAF http://www.cid.org.nz/training/resources.html
NZ CID Policy Paper on Disability and Development http://www.cid.org.nz/publications/Disability_Policy.pdf
Overseas Development Institute www.odi.org.uk
Pacific Island Forum Secretariat http://www.forumsec.org.fj
Research School of Asian and Pacific Studies at Australian National University http://rspas.anu.edu.au
Asia Pacific Forum – Disabilities Work http://www.asiapacificforum.net/issues/disability
Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability http://www.apcdproject.org/index.php
Pacific Disability Forum http://www.pacificdisability.org
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III. Disability Research
Disability Knowledge and Research http://www.disabilitykar.net/index.html
Disability Studies Quarterly http://www.dsq-sds.org
‘Empowering the rural disabled in Asia and the Pacific’ – from the Sustainable Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/ppdirect/PPre0035.htm
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V. Other Useful Development Resources
Asian Development Bank Statistics www.adb.org/Statistics
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Statistics www.unescap.org/stat
UNICEF Statistics www.unicef.org/statistics
World Bank (including World Development Reports) Statistics www.worldbank.org/data
UN Development Program www.undp.org
UN Children’s Fund www.unicef.org
UN Development Fund for Women www.unifem.org
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VI. Advocacy - Campaigns and Initiatives
Campaign to End Fistula (UNFPA) http://www.endfistula.org
Global Poverty Project http://globalpovertyproject.com
Make Poverty History http://www.makepovertyhistory.org.nz
.7 PointSeven – more and better aid http://www.cid.org.nz/advocacy/point-seven
The African Campaign on Disability and HIV & AIDS http://www.africacampaign.info
Vision 2020 www.v2020.org
Micah Challenge Aotearoa New Zealand http://www.micahchallenge.org.nz
Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now! http://standagainstpoverty.org
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