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The Global Disability Summit (GDS) took place in Berlin from 2 to 3 April 2025, bringing together governments, civil society organisations, and international stakeholders to strengthen the inclusion of persons with disabilities in global development and humanitarian cooperation. The Global Disability Summit 2025 Concludes: IF Launches the Kuala Lumpur Declaration and Supports the Adoption of the Amman-Berlin Declaration on Global Disability Inclusion. Read the article here.

Held in Bangkok, Thailand, in February 2025, the Bridge CRPD-SDGs ASEAN training is an outstanding capacity-building program that convenes disability rights advocates, activists, and professionals from across Southeast Asia.

Held on 11–12 March 2025, the European Union (EU)’s review by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee), was a crucial moment for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in Europe. The result of the review is an evaluation report known as the ‘Concluding Observations’.

On 7 March 2025, IF in collaboration with the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association Malaysia (SiBIAM), the European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH), the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL), the Spina Bifida Federal Association Sudan, and the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB), organised the International Women’s Day Webinar ‘Accelerate Action’.

This week the Global Disability Summit (GDS) takes place in Berlin Germany. The GDS represents a pivotal opportunity to advance disability inclusion on a global scale. The active involvement and participation of civil society, particularly Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), is crucial to ensuring the Summit’s success.

National SBH Associations play a key role in monitoring the implementation of the UNCRPD! You can learn more about this process in the IF Information Package on the UNCRPD and the reporting cycle. Check the agenda to see which countries come for review by the CRPD Committee in 2025.