Right To Education for Children With Disabilities Alliance

28/06/2019

Good to see children with disabilities' right to education discussed on a national platform. Now, we need action and accountability!

Children living with disabilities are falling through the cracks in the Children’s Act. The National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities says not ...

28/05/2019

24 May 2019: In this article Human Rights Watch states that the government has made 'timid progress' since 2015 in their promise to deliver equal education to children with disabilities. This is a call on President Ramaphosa to make the educational needs of children with disabilities a priority

(Johannesburg) - South Africa has not delivered on its promises to guarantee inclusive education for children with disabilities and to ensure that they have adequate skills for employment, Human Rights Watch said today. President Cyril Ramaphosa should place children and young people with disabiliti...

12/03/2019

“The UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development 2018 – Realizing the SDGs by, for and with persons with disabilities shows that people with disabilities are at a disadvantage regarding most Sustainable Development Goals, but also highlights the growing number of good practices that can create a more inclusive society in which they can live independently.”
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ on 3 December 2018, International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Click the link below to see the Executive Summary!
https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2018/12/Executive-Summary-11.29-2.pdf

Twelve years after the adoption of the UNCRPD, the international community continues to champion the commitments of the Convention at the 2018 International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, by affirming the fundamental role this group plays in building inclusive societies for all.

The 2030 Agenda, pledging to “leave no one behind,” is an ambitious plan of action of the international community towards a peaceful and prosperous world, where dignity of an individual person and equality among all is applied as the fundamental principle, cutting across the three pillars of the work of the United Nations: Development, Human Rights and Peace and Security. It is critical to ensure, in this regard, the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and create enabling environments by, for and with persons with disabilities.

09/10/2018

Concluding observations for South Africa by the UN Committee on the CRPD (21 Sept 2018), following SA civil society submissions in March and September 2018

09/10/2018

The Right to Education for Children with Disabilities Alliance Statement to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 20th Session

27 August – 21 September 2018, Geneva

13/09/2018

Alliance Secretariat: The Chaeli Campaign
Chairperson: Robyn Beere

Member Organisations and Individuals:
Centre for Child Law, SECTION 27, Equal Education Law Centre, South African Disability Alliance, DICAG, DART, UCT Disability Studies, Deaf Federation of South Africa, Down Syndrome South Africa, The Dullah Omar Centre, Children’s disAbility Training Centre, Tim Hodgson (ICJ), Silomo Khumalo (Human Rights Attorney and Activist), Chaeli Mycroft (Ability Activist)