Statement from the Commonwealth Disabled Peoples Forum (CDPF)On President Trump’s Recent Autism Announcement The Commonwealth Disabled Peoples Forum expresses deep concern over the recent announcement by President Donald Trump, in which he claimed to have found the “cause” of autism,…
Re: Building a more Resilient Commonwealth. Strategic Plan 2025-2030
I attach the published Strategic Plan of the Commonwealth 2025-2030 https://thecommonwealth.org/publications/strategic-plan-2025-2030. CDPF senior officers met the Secretary General in person on this issue 30th July and submitted our written comments (attached). Despite warm words from Shirley Botchwey, Secretary General of the Commonwealth…
Newsletter #14
IN THIS ISSUE:
Message from Global Disability Summit Berlin
CDPF Report on Global Disability Summit 3 Berlin 1st to 3rd April 2025. The Summit was sponsored and organised by the German and Jordanian Government, with the International Disability Alliance (IDA). There was a Civil Society Forum on the 1st…
Message to Global Disability Summit Berlin
CDPF Support the Amman-Berlin Declaration on Global Disability Inclusion. To make this declaration more than fine words, several things need to occur in the Disability World. Firstly, recent cutbacks in international aid from USAID following the election of President Trump…
Messages from Stephanie and Zekwande
Self advocates who are non verbal from Southern Africa deserve respect and our attention as we prepare for Disability Global Summit 3 in Berlin from 1st to 3rd April 2025.
African Disabled Girls Empowerment Pilot Project
Submit by midnight 31st March 2025 to unaburwanda@yahoo.com Overview Commonwealth Disabled People’ Forum is an umbrella of Disabled Peoples Organizations across the 56 Commonwealth countries. CDPF mission is to develop a unified voice for the implementation of Disability Rights and Equality…
Commonwealth Day message
From CDPF General Secretary Richard Rieser
The Path to Disability Inclusion across the Commonwealth
Since CHOGM 2022, CDPF, which represents 100 disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) or Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) in 50 Commonwealth countries, has been campaigning to improve the position of the 430 million disabled people who dwell in the Commonwealth.…
Statement from the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum (CDPF) Women’s Forum on the Commission on the Status of Women 2025
As women and girls with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, their voices must be central in shaping global gender policies and commitments. On behalf of the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum(CDPF) as brought to our attention…