New Report: Accessibility in Global Governance

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Special Edition: New White Paper on Accessibility
in Global Governance

New IDPP White Paper

Accessibility in Global Governance:
The (In)visibility of Persons With Disabilities

Barriers to Effective Participation and Recommended Solutions

Persons with disabilities still lack full access to many United Nations programs, despite the landmark Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the organization’s mandate of inclusiveness and support for human rights.

A study by American University’s Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP), with support from The Nippon Foundation, is the first systematic attempt to examine accessibility barriers in global governance.

Entitled “Accessibility in Global Governance: The (In)visibility of Persons with Disabilities,” the study combines interviews with several subject matter experts with a global survey of disability rights advocates to examine the reasons behin the low levels of participation in international policy-making forums among persons with disabilities and their organizations.

The study highlights the social, political, economic, and technological factors that inhibit the participation of persons with disabilities. It recommends immediate actions modeled on pioneering interventions at recent U.N. and other decision-making forums and programs, which can empower more than one billion people around the world to effectively participate in global governance processes.

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The Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) at American University is a multidisciplinary, cross-campus research center that creates and disseminates knowledge that enables all persons to participate effectively in local, national, and global governance through the use of accessible information and communication technologies.

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