03/12/2025
💙Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities! 💙
Today, we celebrate the lives of individuals living with disabilities around the world. We recognise their struggles, hardships, and triumphs. This is a day for advocacy—a day for voices that often go unheard to be amplified.
If you're interested in learning more about the campaigns taking place for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, please check out the links provided on the slides and below:
https://www.who.int/campaigns/international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities/2025 - focuses on how inclusive financing can make a real difference to the lives, health and well-being of persons with disabilities, their families and society at large.
https://www.sightsavers.org/disability-and-inclusion/international-day-of-people-with-disabilities/ - “Everyone should be entitled to claim their human rights. Together, we can create a more equal world where everyone can access health care, education and employment without discrimination.”
https://purplespace.org/positivelypurple - has been connecting disability employee resource groups (ERGs) and networks around the world – building disability confidence from the inside out and driving a movement for change.
https://www.light-for-the-world.org/news/inclusion-is-for-everyone-international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-2025/ - This year, under the theme “Inclusion Is for Everyone,” we shine a spotlight on the leadership, creativity, and vision of young women and men with disabilities across Africa and their right to inclusive employment, accessible systems, and dignified, fulfilling work.
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