International Disability Networks
A set of contacts and websites of useful networks and organisations that are working towards an inclusive society in other countries around the world.
Pacific Disability Forum - http://www.pacificdisability.org/about.aspx
The Pacific Disability Forum is a charitable trust which was formed in July 2004 following a growing momentum in the Pacific region to recognise the potential of people with disabilities. Its purpose is to “Promote and facilitate regional cooperation on disability related concerns for the benefit of people with disabilities”
Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability - http://www.apcdfoundation.org/
“Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability” (APCD) is a regional center on disability and development established in Bangkok, Thailand as a legacy of the Asia and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002. APCD has been endorsed by the UNESCAP as a regional cooperative base for its Biwako Millennium Framework for an inclusive society in the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012.
International Disability and Development Consortium - http://www.iddcconsortium.net/joomla/
The International Disability and Development Consortium (ICCD) and its members aim to promote inclusive development. Inclusive development means respecting the full human rights of every person, acknowledging diversity, eradicating poverty and ensuring that all people are fully included and can actively participate in development processes and activities regardless of age, gender, disability, state of health, ethnic origin or any other characteristic.
Disability Promotion and Advocacy Association - Vanuatu http://www.dpaav.org/
Australian Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC) - http://www.addc.org.au/
ADDC is an Australian based, international network focusing attention, expertise and action on disability issues in developing countries; building on a human rights platform for disability advocacy.
Australian Pacific Islands Disability Support (APIDS) - http://www.apids.org/index.htm
APIDS act as a broker between organisations and individuals in Australia who wish to support people with disabilities and disabled peoples’ organisations in the Pacific
APIDS facilitate voluntary work by Australian professionals to assist with the expertise required by relevant organisations in the Pacific Islands.
APIDS raises funds from Australian and international public, private and government sources
APIDS advocate to the Australian government to raise the priority of funding for disability organizations in the Pacific Islands
APIDS respond where possible to other opportunities to support people with disabilities and disabled peoples’ organisations in the Pacific
Disability Rights Fund - http://www.disabilityrightsfund.org/
DRF supports Disabled Persons Organizations in the Global South, Middle East/North Africa and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union to take the lead in advocating for the human rights of persons with disabilities at local and national levels, utilizing the mechanism of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
End the Cycle of Poverty and Disability - http://www.endthecycle.org.au/
End the Cycle promotes the human rights and empowerment of people with disabilities living in the world's poorest countries.
We are a movement to help End the Cycle of poverty and disability.
International Disability Alliance - http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/
The International Disability Alliance (IDA) was established in 1999 as a network of global and, since 2007, regional disabled people’s organizations (DPOs). The aim of IDA is to promote the effective and full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) worldwide, as well as compliance with the CRPD within the UN system, through the active and coordinated involvement of representative organizations of persons with disabilities at the national, regional and international levels.
Pacific Disability Forum - http://www.pacificdisability.org/about.aspx
The Pacific Disability Forum is a charitable trust which was formed in July 2004 following a growing momentum in the Pacific region to recognise the potential of people with disabilities. Its purpose is to “Promote and facilitate regional cooperation on disability related concerns for the benefit of people with disabilities”
Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability - http://www.apcdfoundation.org/
“Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability” (APCD) is a regional center on disability and development established in Bangkok, Thailand as a legacy of the Asia and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002. APCD has been endorsed by the UNESCAP as a regional cooperative base for its Biwako Millennium Framework for an inclusive society in the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012.
International Disability and Development Consortium - http://www.iddcconsortium.net/joomla/
The International Disability and Development Consortium (ICCD) and its members aim to promote inclusive development. Inclusive development means respecting the full human rights of every person, acknowledging diversity, eradicating poverty and ensuring that all people are fully included and can actively participate in development processes and activities regardless of age, gender, disability, state of health, ethnic origin or any other characteristic.
Disability Promotion and Advocacy Association - Vanuatu http://www.dpaav.org/
Australian Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC) - http://www.addc.org.au/
ADDC is an Australian based, international network focusing attention, expertise and action on disability issues in developing countries; building on a human rights platform for disability advocacy.
Australian Pacific Islands Disability Support (APIDS) - http://www.apids.org/index.htm
APIDS act as a broker between organisations and individuals in Australia who wish to support people with disabilities and disabled peoples’ organisations in the Pacific
APIDS facilitate voluntary work by Australian professionals to assist with the expertise required by relevant organisations in the Pacific Islands.
APIDS raises funds from Australian and international public, private and government sources
APIDS advocate to the Australian government to raise the priority of funding for disability organizations in the Pacific Islands
APIDS respond where possible to other opportunities to support people with disabilities and disabled peoples’ organisations in the Pacific
Disability Rights Fund - http://www.disabilityrightsfund.org/
DRF supports Disabled Persons Organizations in the Global South, Middle East/North Africa and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union to take the lead in advocating for the human rights of persons with disabilities at local and national levels, utilizing the mechanism of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
End the Cycle of Poverty and Disability - http://www.endthecycle.org.au/
End the Cycle promotes the human rights and empowerment of people with disabilities living in the world's poorest countries.
We are a movement to help End the Cycle of poverty and disability.
International Disability Alliance - http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/
The International Disability Alliance (IDA) was established in 1999 as a network of global and, since 2007, regional disabled people’s organizations (DPOs). The aim of IDA is to promote the effective and full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) worldwide, as well as compliance with the CRPD within the UN system, through the active and coordinated involvement of representative organizations of persons with disabilities at the national, regional and international levels.