GLAD Network

The Global Action on Disability Network works to enhance the inclusion of persons with disabilities in international development and humanitarian action.

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Today at #COSP19, the @UN_GDF brought its 2025–2030 strategy to life.

Across all discussions, our message was clear: to realize the promise of the CRPD, we must invest in inclusive systems, empower local leadership, and ensure accountability to persons with disabilities.

[International Disability Alliance (IDA) @IDA_CRPD_Forum]

CRPD Elections at #COSP19: progress on gender balance and regional representation, with remaining challenges for disability diversity.
More info: https://t.co/olkfZz2Csh

[ATscale @_ATscale]

At #COSP19, ATscale’s Ceridwen Johnson called for greater action to close the global #AssistiveTechnology access gap.

Tomorrow, join our two side events on gender equality and AT financing & trade.

🔗 https://t.co/0a8PK1RYTt

#CRPD20 #ATChangesLives

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Grateful to @IrishMissionUN for convening this important #COSP19 side event on protecting persons with disabilities in armed conflict.
Early investment in resilience and inclusive systems saves lives and embedding inclusion from relief to reconstruction drives lasting impact.

[ATscale @_ATscale]

📢 Join us at #COSP19 for a side event on assistive technology, international trade, and financing solutions.

🗓 11 June 2026
🕓 16:45–18:00 EDT
📍 UNHQ + UN Web TV

🔗 Watch live: https://t.co/kL7JDrnS2d

#ATChangesLives #DisabilityRights #EveryoneIncluded

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

COSP19 opens today! A moment to reflect on progress under the #CRPD and look ahead to its 20th anniversary. GDF is engaging in key discussions today, including EU & Ireland side events and our high-level CRPD@20 event.

[Global Disability Summit @GDS_Disability]

📅 Save the Date | #COSP19 in-person side event
Join @IDA_CRPD_Forum, @QatarAtUN, & @MSDF_Qatar as we mark 20 years of the #CRPD and turn toward #GDS2028, with IDA as permanent co-host.

What Qatar and IDA bring is a shared push for ambition, evidence, innovation and the leadership of OPDs, commitments that carry into this discussion’s focus areas: ♿Inclusive technology and AI 💼Economic participation 🏥Health equity 📋Inclusive policies and systems.

🔗 The road to Doha runs through discussions like this one: ✅ https://t.co/vcHRqnEx8x

[International Disability Alliance (IDA) @IDA_CRPD_Forum]

How will we ensure that technology, employment, health systems and public policies work for everyone? How do we turn commitments into concrete change?

Join the International Disability Alliance (IDA), together with @QatarAtUN and @MSDF_Qatar Mission, to answer these questions and much more at #COSP19.

What Qatar and IDA bring is a shared push for ambition, evidence, innovation and the leadership of OPDs, commitments that carry into this discussion’s focus areas: ♿Inclusive technology and AI 📷Economic participation 📷Inclusive policies and systems.

Confirm participation: https://t.co/PEUjuBRi1L

[GLAD Network @GLAD_Net]

#COSP19 is starting next week!
Check @GLAD_Net members side-events and engage!
➡️https://t.co/HRqPFiHmKA
#disabilityinclusion
#crpd20years

[UNFPA Independent Evaluation Office @unfpa_eval]

How does exclusion get reproduced in evaluation, and what does AI change about that?

Our office's Loveena Dookhony will chair the panel discussion at #Glocal2026

June 2 | 11:00 AM GMT
https://t.co/Cj6HCksLZO

#GenAIforEval

[International Labour Organization @ilo]

⏰ The countdown to the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference is on.

From 1–12 June, governments, employers and workers will meet in Geneva to discuss key issues shaping the world of work.

Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming. 👀

Follow #ILC2026

[International Disability Alliance (IDA) @IDA_CRPD_Forum]

Let’s Make It Ours.
20 years of rights. Now let’s build belonging.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities changed how the world understands disability. Organisations of persons with disabilities have been working tirelessly for the last 20 years to make the paradigm shift to a fully inclusive world a reality for all people with disabilities.

Progress has been made, but barriers, exclusion and inequalities continue to affect the lives of millions of persons with disabilities around the world.

The International Disability Alliance is launching #CRPD20 – Let’s Make It Ours, a campaign marking the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, bringing together voices from across the disability movement to reflect on achievements, confront remaining gaps, and help shape the future.

Because the next chapter is not only about protecting rights.

It is about making technology, democracy, inclusion, the world, and the future ours.

Stay with us. #CRPP20 #LetsMakeItOurs

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

Great welcome in Baku for #WUF13
All set to accelerate progress toward inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities.

Join our side event on catalytic funding for disability inclusion.
🗓️20 May 12:00–13:30
📍ONE UN Room B
🔗Register: https://t.co/zq3kqZX6T4

[Global Disability Fund @UN_GDF]

At the opening of #WUF13, @antonioguterres warned of a growing global housing crisis, urging action to leave no one behind. Join @UN_GDF on 19 May at Dialogue 1 to learn how we’re advancing #DisabilityInclusion in accesible housing and resilient & inclusive cities.
#HousingForAll

[Inclusion International @InclusionIntl]

Displaced people with intellectual disabilities face massive barriers to support. Join @InclusionIntl & @IRAP on 21 May to discuss disability inclusion in asylum processes.

🕒 3pm UK / 10am NY
🌍 Member-only
🔗 https://t.co/neZYEm3X9R

[Monjurul KABIR @mkabir2011]

Strengthening Gender-Responsive and Disability-Inclusive Transformative Care and Support

Advancing and strengthening gender-transformative and disability-inclusive care and support systems is fundamental to the full and effective enjoyment of human rights. Efforts to transform care and support systems must actively and systematically advance non-discrimination and gender equality across society. Achieving this requires identifying who is excluded or discriminated against, understanding how and why, and recognizing those experiencing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination.
It also requires pinpointing inequalities in care and support outcomes and opportunities, as well as patterns of discrimination in laws, policies, and practices.
Following an intense collaboration with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and her team (Special Procedures, UN Human Rights Council), with peer review and peer assist support provided by a number of UN Funds, Programmes and Agencies including @OHCHR, UNDP, and, UN Women HQ units, Regional and Country Offices within and beyond the scope of the ongoing global joint programme on Unpaid Care, Disability, and Gender Transformative Programme, supported by the @UN_GDF Fund (GDF), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), Cross-regional Networks of Women with Disabilities, @un_women is very pleased to launch the Policy Paper ‘Towards a Better Future: Strengthening Gender Responsive and Disability Inclusive Transformative Care and Support.
This policy paper provides key insights into the intersection of gender and disability within care and support environments. It emphasizes that developing comprehensive and inclusive care systems is essential for promoting gender equality and protecting the rights of both care recipients and caregivers, especially persons with disabilities. Acknowledging that care needs evolve throughout a person’s life, the brief underscores the importance of adopting a life-course approach when designing and implementing care systems.

[Inclusion International @InclusionIntl]

The Listen Include Respect guidelines were created by people with intellectual disabilities, for everyone.

🤝 US organizations: join us May 14 to see how LIR is changing recruitment and leadership.

Register: https://t.co/ZzwM1zf1sp

[International Disability Alliance (IDA) @IDA_CRPD_Forum]

Join us on Thursday for the last session in our series of @WHO IDA global webinars, which will focus on a critical discussion to advance health equity for persons with disabilities: centring organisations of persons with disabilities #OPDs in health decision-making processes.
Register here: https://t.co/KlmPJmh1G1
@DisabilityFrm @RIADISorg @WorldDSDay @WHO

[Inclusion International @InclusionIntl]

How do we fix the exclusion of children with disabilities in emergencies? By treating OPDs as equal partners. 🤝

With @EduCannotWait & @IDA_CRPD_Forum, we hosted workshops in 🇨🇴 & 🇳🇪 to build local action plans.

See how OPDs are taking the lead: https://t.co/X6fBtoCSWN

[International Disability Alliance (IDA) @IDA_CRPD_Forum]

IDA Vice President Sanja Tarczay spoke at the @WomenDeliver pre-conference today, bringing a clear message: gender equality cannot be achieved without the leadership and resourcing of women with disabilities.