This report represents the first UN systemwide effort to examine disability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level. The report reviews data, policies and programmes and identifies good practices; and uses the evidence it reviewed to outline recommended actions to promote the realization of the SDGs for persons with disabilities. Over 200 experts from UN agencies and International Financial Institutions, Member States and civil society, including research institutions and organizations of persons with disabilities, contributed to this report. The report covers new areas for which no global research was previously available, for example, the role of access to energy to enable persons with disabilities to use assistive technology. It also contains the first global compilation and analysis of internationally comparable data using the Washington Group on Disability Statistics short set of questions. Reviews of legislation from 193 UN Member States were conducted and analysed for this report to highlight good practices and to assess the current status of discriminatory laws on voting, election for office, right to marry and others
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December 2018
390 p, ill.
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Global picture; disability; Disability and social diversity; persons with disabilities; Sustainable development goals; poverty; Inclusion; inclusion and mainstreaming; Education; inclusive education; Health; systems: leadership and governance; systems: health workforce; Development/ Humanitarian; WASH; goal 07: affordable and clean energy; Livelihoods; work and employment; Enabling environments; ICT; Cross-cutting; accessibility; disability indicators and data; empowerment
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