Global Disability Summit 2022 (GDS22) in the News

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"