Enable 08 - The Disability and Development Seminar

 

Enable 08

 

The Disability and

Development Seminar

 

On December 2, 2008 the inaugural 'enable'

seminar was held in Wellington … because achieving the

world’s Millennium Goals for poverty and

development will be impossible without

addressing the issue of disability.

 

10% of the world’s population lives with

disability. Of those 650 million people, 80% live

in the developing world. They are consistently

over-represented among the world’s most

underprivileged and vulnerable people

 

With the passing of the UN Convention on the

Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD),

it is now widely acknowledged that genuinely

inclusive development cannot happen until

INGOs and development organisations address

the issue of disability.

 

A wide range of NGO’s and local organisations
 

attended and evaluated their response to the
 

issue of disability in the context of development.

 

This year’s theme was Justice for All.

 

 

Speakers

 

Robyn Hunt – New Zealand Human Rights

Commissioner

For her services to people with disabilities, Robyn

Hunt was made an Officer of the New Zealand

Order of Merit. She has been active in the fields

of human rights and equity for two decades.

Her chosen focus has been disability and equal

employment. Ms Hunt was the fi rst President of

the Council of Workbridge Inc and co-chair of the

Disability Strategy Sector Reference Group.

 

To view Robyn Hunt's presentation click here.

 

 

 

Robert Choy – International Programmes

Manager cbm NZ

Robert Choy was New Zealand’s sole NGO

representative at the UNCRPD conference in

Ethiopia this year. He also participated in last

year’s “Disability in Developing Countries” course

at Melbourne University’s Australian International

Health Institute. Robert has been working in the

international development arena for fifteen years.

 

To view Robert Choy's presentation click here.

 

Anne Bell – Health and Disability National

Services Directorate

Jane Pembroke – senior Leader LIFE Unlimited

Anne Bell and Jane Pembroke are health

professionals who are able to offer practical and

very real perspectives on an issue that is extremely

delicate: the closure of institutions and the process

of integrating people with disabilities into their

communities, Anne in NZ and Jane in Mongolia

with World Vision.

 

To view Anne Bell's presentation click here.

 

Mark Grantham – Inspirational Motivator

Born with cerebral palsy, Mark Grantham is not

confined to a wheelchair. On the contrary, his

wheelchair assists him in a life of independence,

purpose and service. For 20 years he has been

supporting his five World Vision-sponsored

children by selling chocolate bars (more than

20,000 and counting).

 

Dr Kirsty Thompson – Inclusive Development

Director – cbm Australia

After a long track record in hands-on, grassroots

development work with main stream NGO’s,

Dr Kirsty Thompson turned to education and

research in the fields of community health and

rehabilitation, family wellbeing, community

services and disability.

 

To view Dr. Kirsty Thompson's presentation click here.

 

Register your interest for Enable 09.    

 

Enabling those with

disabilities to become

an integral part of

their community