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Press Release: Persons with disabilities not to be excluded in relief efforts to Tonga.

The Pacific Disability Forum is urgently calling on all emergency responders and stakeholders to ensure that persons with disabilities are not overlooked during the recovery process. Chief Executive, Setareki Macanawai stresses that the volcanic eruption last weekend in Tonga has seen persons with disabilities more vulnerable as is the case during a natural disaster with …

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Disability Inclusion mobilization underway.

The Pacific Disability Forum as the umbrella organisation of Organisation of Persons with Disabilities is organizing essential items such as for persons with disabilities in Tonga who were affected by the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami. The Forum in partnership with the Christian Blind Mission (CBM) New Zealand are working closely to purchase urgent needs …

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Project Update: Accessibility to essential services for women

The Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) is working with Women Enabled International (WEI) to identify the legal, policy, social, and communication barriers that impede access to essential sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV) services for women and young people with disabilities in Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Based on research findings, PDF and WEI …

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PRESS RELEASE: “Power to Persuade” Alumnae Advocate for Inclusive COVID-19 Response and Recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated barriers faced by women with disabilities such as discrimination and lack of access to decision-making processes. Recognizing that advocacy skills are critical to responding to COVID-19 challenges, the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) and International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) conducted a series of virtual trainings as part of “Power to …

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PRESS RELEASE: PDF compliments Fiji Police Force

PRESS RELEASE: PDF commends Fiji Police Force The Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) has welcomed the move by the Fiji Police Force for including disability awareness and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into their training session for new officer recruits. This move has also prompted the Forum to call on all stakeholders …

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PRESS RELEASE: Fiji’s Ministry of Health works closely with local Disabled Persons Organisations.

Fiji’s Ministry of Health works closely with local Disabled Persons Organisations. Following recent lobbying efforts for disability inclusion within the Fijian Government’s COVID-19 response, Organisations of persons with disabilities in Fiji has forged partnership with the Ministry of Health to map a way forward to assist over 116, 000 persons with disabilities and their families, …

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PRESS RELEASE: PDF activates second round of assessment

The Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) Secretariat has started its 2nd activation response to the COVID-19 pandemic. PDF has set up teams to work closely and remotely with their national members and regional partners  to track the impact of this pandemic on persons with disabilities in Fiji and the region. And also to track the inclusiveness …

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Strategic Plan : 2021 – 2025

PDF launches its new Strategic Plan, that will guide its direction, the new and continued journey for the next 5 years. The advocacy from recognition to realization of rights has been branded as ‘Partnerships towards an inclusive and resilient Pacific 2030

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