The New Disability-Inclusive Development

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"Currently, there is an unprecedented impetus behind the inclusion of people with disabilities in international development. This sea change is a result of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which became operational in 2008 and has been ratified by nearly all UN member states. The CRPD requires that “international cooperation, including international development programs” be “inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities.”The CRPD’s mandates are reflected in country-level and UN agency programming, and they are also reinforced through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted in 2015. Hence, global development efforts are legally bound to include disability as a crosscutting issue in the realization of human rights as part of the effort to “leave no one behind.” This recognition is vital. Globally, over a billion persons with disabilities experience exclusion from health services, education, employment, political participation, and many other social opportunities. Circumstances are particularly dire for the 800 million disabled persons living in the developing world, especially for individuals experiencing intersectional discrimination such as women and girls with disabilities."