The UNPRPD — A Joint United Nations Initiative on Disability Rights

UNPRPD
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SITUATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

According to the ‘World Report on Disability,’ more than one billion people, or about 15 percent of the world's population, live with some form of disability. This figure is projected to increase due to aging populations, the growing incidence of chronic health conditions associated with disability and other factors such as road traffic accidents, emergencies and disasters.

Multiple barriers continue to prevent persons with disabilities from the equal and effective enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.

TOWARDS A SOCIETY FOR ALL

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' holds the potential to generate major breakthroughs for people with disabilities around the world, and the recently approved Sustainable Development Goals represent a unique opportunity for disability-inclusive development.

The United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) is a unique collaborative effort that brings together UN entities, governments, organizations of persons with disabilities and the broader civil society works to translate these possibilities into reality.

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ADVANCING DISABILITY RIGHTS THROUGH STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS

In pursuing its objectives, the UNPRPD adopts strategies that variously combine the following elements:

KEY ACTORS

LEVERS OF CHANGE

STRUCTURAL CHANGE

UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE UNPRPD

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SELECTION PROCESS FOR COUNTRY PROJECTS

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WHERE WE WORK

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UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

ILO | OHCHR | UNDESA | UNDP | UNESCO | UNFPA | UNICEF | UN WOMEN | WHO

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The UNPRPD supports 38 country-level joint UN programmes on disability rights across all regions, as well as two regional initiatives providing assistance to umbrella organizations of persons with disabilities in Africa and the Pacific.

In addition, two global programs have been supported by the Partnership, aimed respectively at promoting the participation of persons with disabilities in post-2015 negotiations and developing a ‘One UN’ approach to disability statistics.

UNPRPD Technical Secretariat

304 East 45th Street, New York, NY, 10017 — USA

For more information: UNPRPD.Secretariat@undp.org

To date the UNPRPD Fund has received the generous support of Australia, Cyprus, Finland, Israel, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

For more information: www.mptf.undp.org