From 14-18 March 2015 the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in Japan. This is the culmination of the process to develop the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
CBM, with partners, has been advocating to ensure the framework is disability-inclusive, and will be participating in several sessions during the conference.
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.
Read in full (with Q&A on disability-inclusive DRR)
