Global Disability Summit 2022 (GDS22) in the News
Here is the list of GDS22 media coverage.
- 17 February 2022

Media pieces with an overarching view:
- African Arguments, "People with disabilities have been forgotten. Not any more."
- All Africa, "Africa: People With Disabilities Have Been Forgotten. Not Any More"
- Bond, "Global Disability Summit 2022: what is it all about?"
- Newz Hook, "World leaders join together for Global Disability Summit"
- Disability Insider, "30,000 people sign petition calling for governments to take action at GDS"
- Relief Web, "Global Protection Cluster commitments and recommendations for humanitarian partners ahead of the Global Disability Summit (GDS), 16-17 February 2022"
- Dev Policy Blog from Development Policy Centre, "What happened to Australia’s leadership on disability inclusion. A tale of two summits"
- BBC Focus on Africa, Starting from 13min 43 seconds
- British Medical Journal, "The upcoming Summit must be a turning point"
- UN News, "Guterres opens Global Disability Summit with inclusivity call"
- The New Humanitarian, "Give people with disabilities better protection in conflict and crises"
- Save the Children, "Save the children commits to ensure children with disabilities get fairer treatment"
- UNFPA, "We matter, We belong, We decide"
- Minority Rights Group International, "MRG makes commitments at the 2022 Global Disability Summit to promote underrepresented groups facing intersectional discrimination"
- UNAIDS, "Towards a life of dignity for people living with disabilities"
- Europa Press, "Barcelona expone su modelo de accesibilidad e inclusión en la Global Disability Summit"
- Relief Web, "Towards a life of dignity for people living with disabilities"
- Chimp Reports, "Journalist Directed on Reporting PWDs Stories Ahead of 2nd Global Disability Summit"
- UN Sustainable Development Group, "Working towards a more inclusive society: Five stories of how the UN is working with partners to advance disability inclusion"
National media:
- KTN News Kenya -TV, "What to expect from the second global disability summit set to be held in Oslo this year"
- India Education Diary, "UNESCO To Host Side Event On Disability Rights During The 2022 Global Disability Summit"
- Deccan Herald, India, "Widen social security net for the disabled, demand social workers ahead of a global summit"
- Mashable, Pakistan, "Ensuring rights of people with disabilities"
- The Nation, Pakistan, "Global Disability Summit Being Held In Norway In Feb"
- Ghana Web, "Disability agenda attracts global attention in Ghana"
- Valtioneuvosto, Sweeden, "Utrikesminister Pekka Haavisto deltar i toppmötet Global Disability Summit"
- Vart Land, Norway, "Tar Norge medaljer under Global Disability Summit?"
- Kobinet-nachrichten, Norway, "Global Disability Summit am 16. und 17. Februar"
Media pieces focused on data:
- Devex, "Opinion piece: Much remains to be done to improve inclusive data collection"
- Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, ‘How can data drive equality persons disabilities’
- New Humanitarian, "What’s missing: Disability data in crises"
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