International Disability Alliance (IDA)
INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY ALLIANCE (IDA)
Member Organisations:
Disabled Peoples' International, Down Syndrome International, Inclusion International,
International Federation of Hard of Hearing People,
World Blind Union, World Federation of the Deaf,
World Federation of the DeafBlind,
World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry,
Arab Organization of Disabled People, European Disability Forum,
Latin American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with
Disabilities and their Families, Pacific Disability Forum
24, May, 2013
International Disability Alliance on
Water, sanitation and disability
FACT
• IDA would like to feed in to the conversation because there are an estimated one
billion persons with disabilities worldwidei and disability, poverty and
environmental sustainability are strongly linked.
• 884 million people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water. Assuming
these people are the poorest of the poor, at least 177 million are likely to be
persons with disabilities (20% of poorest)ii.
PROBLEM
• Persons with disabilities are systemically discriminated against and invisible in
development policies. Accessibility of food, water and sanitation, including
toilets, and of related information, is especially important to persons with
disabilities as a means to maintain people’s dignity, enable independence and
social inclusion.
RECOMMENDATION
• We would recommend adopting a rights–based approach to food security, water rights.
• Future sustainable development goals must be consistent with the UN Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the CRPD).
o In practice, While a specific goal on persons with disabilities would be
welcomed (but less realistic), disability should be mainstreamed across
all the goals by defining disability specific targets and indicators.
• Sustainable development can only be achieved if it includes measures to
prevent discrimination based on disability and ensure equal access to clean
water and sanitation facilities, fulfilling the adequate standard of living.
• Finally all assessment and monitoring mechanisms to be established must include
indicators related to the capacities of the affected population, such as people with
disabilities.
New York Office: 245 Park Avenue, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10167, United States
Contact email: info@ida-secretariat.org
IDA Website: http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/en
i World Health Organization and World Bank (2011) World Report on Disability. Geneva: WHO Press.
ii http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_FS_7_EN.pdf (see World Health Organization and World Bank
(2011) World Report on Disability. Geneva: WHO Press).
Member Organisations:
Disabled Peoples' International, Down Syndrome International, Inclusion International,
International Federation of Hard of Hearing People,
World Blind Union, World Federation of the Deaf,
World Federation of the DeafBlind,
World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry,
Arab Organization of Disabled People, European Disability Forum,
Latin American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with
Disabilities and their Families, Pacific Disability Forum
24, May, 2013
International Disability Alliance on
Water, sanitation and disability
FACT
• IDA would like to feed in to the conversation because there are an estimated one
billion persons with disabilities worldwidei and disability, poverty and
environmental sustainability are strongly linked.
• 884 million people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water. Assuming
these people are the poorest of the poor, at least 177 million are likely to be
persons with disabilities (20% of poorest)ii.
PROBLEM
• Persons with disabilities are systemically discriminated against and invisible in
development policies. Accessibility of food, water and sanitation, including
toilets, and of related information, is especially important to persons with
disabilities as a means to maintain people’s dignity, enable independence and
social inclusion.
RECOMMENDATION
• We would recommend adopting a rights–based approach to food security, water rights.
• Future sustainable development goals must be consistent with the UN Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the CRPD).
o In practice, While a specific goal on persons with disabilities would be
welcomed (but less realistic), disability should be mainstreamed across
all the goals by defining disability specific targets and indicators.
• Sustainable development can only be achieved if it includes measures to
prevent discrimination based on disability and ensure equal access to clean
water and sanitation facilities, fulfilling the adequate standard of living.
• Finally all assessment and monitoring mechanisms to be established must include
indicators related to the capacities of the affected population, such as people with
disabilities.
New York Office: 245 Park Avenue, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10167, United States
Contact email: info@ida-secretariat.org
IDA Website: http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/en
i World Health Organization and World Bank (2011) World Report on Disability. Geneva: WHO Press.
ii http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_FS_7_EN.pdf (see World Health Organization and World Bank
(2011) World Report on Disability. Geneva: WHO Press).
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