CBM supports disability-inclusive Post-2015 DRR framework
The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) will be held in Sendai, Japan, from 14-18 March 2015. This will be the culmination of the process to create a Post-2015 framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), which aims to reduce the impact of natural disasters.
Since 2012 CBM Internatonal (CBM), with partners, has been advocating to ensure that the post-2015 framework is disability-inclusive. Persons with disabilities are among the most disproportionately affected people during emergencies and should be actively involved in all emergency management cycle work. Inclusive communities are more resilient communities.
Great progress has been made - Disability stakeholders have been very much involved in the UN process leading to the current draft framework, and the text includes references to disability-inclusion, accessibility and universal design in several key areas. The organisers of the conference have committed to make the event accessible to persons with disabilities.