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UNESCO, together with other UN organizations, invites you to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2020, to raise awareness of the complexity of disability issues and the challenges faced by people with disabilities around the world.
This year's theme is "Building back better: towards an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 world by, for and with persons with disabilities".
People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by the health, social and economic consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic. This year's theme emphasizes the importance of strengthening our collective efforts for universal access to essential services, including immediate health and social protection, education, digital infrastructure, accessible information, employment and other socio-cultural opportunities in order to ensure that persons with disabilities are not left behind in times of crisis and beyond.
UNESCO will mark the day with a week-long programme from 25 November to 3 December 2020.
Since the global COVID-19 outbreak, UNESCO has been at the forefront of the response to the pandemic, encouraging education systems to remain open and accessible to all. Global school closures due to the pandemic represented an unprecedented risk to children’s education, protection and wellbeing. Educational responses to the crisis have not always reached the most disadvantaged or been adapted to their needs. The suspension of a face-to-face formal and non-formal education, including vocational, technical, cultural, sport and physical activities, has also been extremely rapid around the world. The mobilization of resources in support of the application of digital technologies for the empowerment of learners with disabilities and capacity building for their teachers to adapt to new learning environments are crucial.
UNESCO’s action for persons with disabilities
Setting standards for inclusive education
Enabling information gathering for informed policy formulation - Laboratory of ideas
Providing access to information and documentary heritage
Building human and institutional capacities for inclusion of persons with disabilities
Promoting international cooperation and raising awareness : Overview of the week-long celebration