UNLCDcon: Making MDGs inclusive

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Of the 30 million people with disabilities in India, 78% live in rural areas. There is a very crucial role for rural livelihood programmes.
03/15/12

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This blog will follow the third in a series of global forums jointly organised by Leonard Cheshire Disability and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

Bringing together disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), NGOs, UN agencies and academics, this conference offers a unique opportunity to develop innovative ways to bring disability into the mainstream of international development.

This conference will enhance participants’ understanding of how disability-inclusive development contributes to the full achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It will also act as a platform for exchanging lessons learnt and ways to improve the quality and effectiveness of development cooperation through the inclusion of persons with disabilities.

Recommendations will feed into the regional preparatory process towards the conclusion of the Second Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons in 2012.

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