Blog – Pacific Disability Forum

PDF Submission to Australia’s International Disability Equity & Rights Strategy

‘Inclusion can ensure we have a seat at the table, but it is equity that will transform and reconfigure that table toguarantee our full, effective and meaningful participation.’ Setareki Macanawai, CEO, Pacific Disability Forum. Tweet Introduction Disability inclusion has been on the agenda for our region since 2009. Since that time, we have seen progress in many areas. Many mainstream development donors and investments now …

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“Growing Stronger Together”

Regional News / By PR Comms officer

Growing Stronger Together, a statement coined as the title of the initiative to reflect the aspiration of this journey, aimed to lift thestandard of the OPDs, improve and strengthen governance, build, and strengthened capacity, fortify our compliance and above all to reconfirm the relevance of the OPDS as NGOs operating in a very competitive and volatile environment. …

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Climate change has affected my island home.

Climate change opens up a lot of new issues for which persons with disabilities have to deal with just to make sure that they are safe. These are the sentiments of Touasisi Molo who is the climate change officer for Tuvalu’s Fusi Alofa, an Organisation of Persons with Disabilities (OPD). Molomolo reveals that over the …

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“Climate change affects us in two ways – our pockets and our well-being.”

Regional News, Secretariat News / By PR Comms officer

“Climate change affects us in two ways – our pockets and our well-being.” These are the sentiments of Michael Aneo who hails from Guam as he shared the impact of the phenomenon on persons with disabilities in his homeland. Michael is the climate change officer for Guam and is a person with a disability. He …

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An inclusive social protection needed.

Regional News, Secretariat News / By PR Comms officer

The impacts of Climate change affects persons with disabilities in a manner which many may not even consider. Speaking from his personal experience, Tekamangu Bwauira who is the Climate Change officer from Kiribati says that one major impact is the increase in temperature during the day which impacts persons with disabilities on the islands. Tekamangu …

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Climate Change Doesn’t Discriminate Anyone.

International News, Regional News / By PR Comms officer

The adverse effects of climate change has taken its toll on many but for persons with disabilities, the impacts are two to three times worse. This is the sentiment of Ellington Kabui, the Climate change officer from the Solomon Islands. Ellington is a person with disability from the Solomon Islands and has been a very …

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Bridge CRPD-SDGs Pacific Region Module 1

Regional News / By PR Comms officer

What is the Bridge CRPD-SDGs Training? The Bridge CRPD-SDGs is a training initiative developed in 2015 by the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC). This is a two part intensive training focused on an inclusive and comprehensive understanding of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as well …

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LATA in Tonga receives a boost

Regional News, Secretariat News / By PDF IT

Tongan OPD receives boost The commitment to ensuring that persons with disabilities are not left behind has received a major boost in the island Kingdom of Tonga after the Australian Government provided a three-year core funding grant to one of our own Organisations of persons with disabilities. The Lavame’a Ta’e’iloa Disabled People Association Incorporation (LATA) …

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Inclusive Media Training

Regional News, Secretariat News / By PDF IT

A landmark two-day event, organized by the Pacific Disability Forum in partnership with United Nations Resident Coordinators Office (UNRCO) and supported by the UN Disability Working Group, has been concluded successfully. This event brought together key stakeholders to advance disability inclusion in media for persons with disabilities, fostering a more inclusive Pacific region. The ultimate …

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International Sign Language Day

International News, Regional News / By PDF IT

Sign Language opens the world for the deaf September 23rd marks International Day of Sign Languages. According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are more than 70 million deaf people worldwide. More than 80% of them live in developing countries. Collectively, they use more than 300 different sign languages. As the Pacific Disability …

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PDF Submission to Australia’s International Disability Equity & Rights Strategy

“Growing Stronger Together”

Climate change has affected my island home.

“Climate change affects us in two ways – our pockets and our well-being.”

An inclusive social protection needed.

Climate Change Doesn’t Discriminate Anyone.

Bridge CRPD-SDGs Pacific Region Module 1

LATA in Tonga receives a boost

Inclusive Media Training

International Sign Language Day

The Pacific Disability Forum is supported by the Australian Government.

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