@CCYDNetwork

Uniting the Voices & Advocacy of Children & Youth with Disabilities for Our Inclusion, Meaningful Participation, Leadership, Human Rights & Inclusive Futures 🌏

Joined December 2018
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Commonwealth Children & Youth Disability Network retweeted
UNESCO
@UNESCOApr 15
On this #WorldArtDay, UNESCO Artist for Peace Jane Constance @Jane_officiel shares a message of inclusion and empowerment: disability is not an obstacle, it is part of our shared human diversity. Art connects us, empowers us & brings us closer together. unesco.org/en/days/world-art
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UDPK
@UDPKenya14 Mar 2025
"We have 10% (45) persons with disabilities employed at Uraia. I didn’t wait for #policies, I didn’t have to tell the board, I only had to inform them. Persons with disabilities don't need prayers, they need money (funding and opportunities)," Dr. Oliver Waindi @UraiaTrust #CAF #Representation @KKedipa
Dr. Oliver Waindi speaking at the conference. He is seated alongside 5 other panellists

ALT Dr. Oliver Waindi speaking at the conference. He is seated alongside 5 other panellists

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Commonwealth Children & Youth Disability Network retweeted
Mastercard Foundation
@MastercardFdn14 Mar 2025
Across Kenya, the Tuseme Club model is empowering young girls to speak out against gender-based challenges and pursue their education. We must accelerate efforts to address systemic barriers that keep them from achieving their full potential. Learn more: ow.ly/rsPg50VibQo
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Commonwealth Children & Youth Disability Network retweeted
International Disability Alliance (IDA)
@IDA_CRPD_Forum3 Mar 2025
📢 Join IDA, Inclusive Futures & @UN_Women for a #CSW69 side event on 30 years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the inclusion of women with disabilities. 📅 March 17, 2025 | ⏰ 8:30-10:00 AM EST This session, moderated by IDA's Rosario Galarza, will bring together women with disabilities, advocates, and policymakers, with opening remarks from Dr. Sanja Tarczay, President of @WFDeafBlind & IDA Board Member. Setting the Scene: 🔹 Ruth Mkumutula – Executive Director, Disabled Women in Africa 🔹 @JDulyand – Executive Director, Culture Centre for the Deaf, Mongolia Panel Discussion: 🔹 @SallyNduta1 – Executive Director, @UDPKenya 🔹 Manisha Maharjan – Project Manager, @HI_INNESKA, Nepal 🔹 @JahdaKhalil – General Director, @ArabPersons 🔹 Dr. A.H. Monjurul Kabir (@AcademicMind) - Senior UN Coordination Adviser and Global Team Leader for Gender Equality, Disability Inclusion and Intersectionality, @UN_Women 🔹 Ana Peláez Narváez – CEDAW Committee Member, Secretary General, @MyEDF 🔗Register: tinyurl.com/IDAatCSW69
A flyer for a CSW69 side event, co-hosted by IDA, UN Women, UK Aid, and Inclusive Futures. The flyer has a blue background with white and yellow text. The event title reads: "Three decades of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: Reaching women with disabilities for a truly gender-inclusive society and sustainable development." The event details are displayed: 📅 Date: 17 March 2025 ⏰ Time: 8:30 - 10:00 AM EST 📍 Venue: 220 East 42nd Street, 19th Floor, Conference Room 1925 The lower half of the flyer features an illustration of women with disabilities (using wheelchairs, white canes, and crutches), walking together. In the bottom right corner, a yellow "Register Here" button is placed above a QR code and the registration link: https://tinyurl.com/IDAatCSW69.

ALT A flyer for a CSW69 side event, co-hosted by IDA, UN Women, UK Aid, and Inclusive Futures. The flyer has a blue background with white and yellow text. The event title reads: "Three decades of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: Reaching women with disabilities for a truly gender-inclusive society and sustainable development." The event details are displayed: 📅 Date: 17 March 2025 ⏰ Time: 8:30 - 10:00 AM EST 📍 Venue: 220 East 42nd Street, 19th Floor, Conference Room 1925 The lower half of the flyer features an illustration of women with disabilities (using wheelchairs, white canes, and crutches), walking together. In the bottom right corner, a yellow "Register Here" button is placed above a QR code and the registration link: https://tinyurl.com/IDAatCSW69.

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Commonwealth Children & Youth Disability Network retweeted
USAID@USAID31 Oct 2024
Today, we released our new Nothing Without Us: USAID Disability Policy. With over 1.3 billion persons with disabilities around the world, this policy will help the Agency integrate the needs and perspectives of persons with disabilities globally: usaid.gov/inclusivedevelopme…
A graphic showing the front page of the USAID Disability Policy displaying inserts of diverse people with apparent and non-apparent disabilities. It shows three women wearing dark glasses and walking arm-in-arm. One holds a hand-made sign written in Portuguese “+ Oportunidades - Caridade” (“more opportunities, less charity” in English).

ALT A graphic showing the front page of the USAID Disability Policy displaying inserts of diverse people with apparent and non-apparent disabilities. It shows three women wearing dark glasses and walking arm-in-arm. One holds a hand-made sign written in Portuguese “+ Oportunidades - Caridade” (“more opportunities, less charity” in English).

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Commonwealth Children & Youth Disability Network retweeted
SPASTN@SPASTN23 Mar 2024
Congratulations to Tamil Selvi for being selected as the Best Intern & Advocate for persons with Deafblindness! Sense Int'l India thank you for nurturing young Db Advocate. @senseindia @36Garhi @CAFIndia_tweets @CHNvolunteer @TitanCompanyLtd @KarurVysyaBank_ @CCYDNetwork @NGOBOX
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Commonwealth Youth
@ComSecYouth15 Apr 2024
Join us in enhancing the involvement, representation and leadership of young people with disabilities in advocacy and public decision making. Participate in the survey 👉 bit.ly/4aPxIQy @CCYDNetwork | @IncludeMeTOO | #YearofYouth
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SPASTN@SPASTN17 Mar 2024
Our Tamil Selvi young adult with Deafblindness takes her first flight to Dharmshala with support from Sense Intl India. She is chosen as ESCom UDHAN (SII) member representative from South. 🙏👏👏 @senseindia @CAFIndia_tweets @CCYDNetwork @Divya12345678
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Jonathan Andrews@JonnyJAndrews12 Mar 2024
A great honour to be invited to attend the Commonwealth Day reception at Marlborough House, representing @CCYDNetwork, and to be introduced to Her Majesty Queen Camilla. We spoke about the importance of disability inclusion and the situation across the Commonwealth.
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Gifted Community (GCC) | The Leadership Alliance@giftedPWDcentre17 Dec 2023
#Survey on Young People with Disabilities Participation, Representation and Leadership in Disability Rights Advocacy and Public Decision Making. Calling all youth with disabilities from across the Commonwealth to FILL this survey. Cc @CCYDNetwork accessiblesurveys.com/survey…

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Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) HQ
@CPA_Secretariat3 Oct 2023
#66CPC news: Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities #CPwD Regional Champions & CPA SG @StephenTwigg highlight local projects working with persons with disabilities in Ghana 🇬🇭 ⬇️ cpahq.org/news/2023_10-cpwd-…
CPwD Regional Champions visit the Accra Rehabilitation Centre in Ghana to see their work with persons with disabilities.

ALT CPwD Regional Champions visit the Accra Rehabilitation Centre in Ghana to see their work with persons with disabilities.

The Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) Chairperson, Hon. Laura Kanushu, MP (Uganda), meets persons with disabilities at the Rehabilitation Centre in Ghana.

ALT The Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) Chairperson, Hon. Laura Kanushu, MP (Uganda), meets persons with disabilities at the Rehabilitation Centre in Ghana.

CPwD Regional Champion for Australia, Liesl Tesch, AM, MP (New South Wales) joins the CPwD Chairperson and local participants in a bracelet-making class.

ALT CPwD Regional Champion for Australia, Liesl Tesch, AM, MP (New South Wales) joins the CPwD Chairperson and local participants in a bracelet-making class.

Senator Hon. Isaiah Jacob from the Parliament of Malaysia speaks to a participant at the Rehabilitation Centre in Accra.

ALT Senator Hon. Isaiah Jacob from the Parliament of Malaysia speaks to a participant at the Rehabilitation Centre in Accra.

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Commonwealth Children & Youth Disability Network retweeted
Aus Law Human Rights@AusLawyersHR19 Oct 2023
BREAKING: Following @ABC Four Corners "Trapped", ALHR joins with leading experts to reiterate calls for an end to Australia’s indefinite detention of people with psychosocial & cognitive impairments shorturl.at/ikIJT #auslaw #HumanRights #Disability #CRPD #CAT #OPCAT
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Commonwealth Children & Youth Disability Network retweeted
Gifted Community (GCC) | The Leadership Alliance@giftedPWDcentre28 Sep 2023
📢The youth from the commonwealth have spoken. Invest in them, in their voices, in their organizations. Let them make&learn from mistakes, mentor them, co-design,& ensure they are in those leadership positions (from the board level) #YearOfYouth #Inclusion #DisabilityLeadership😊
Gifted Community (GCC) | The Leadership Alliance@giftedPWDcentre27 Sep 2023
#GccNews: We are excited to be the Vice-Chair, Africa Regional Rep&committee member of @CCYDNetwork. 🔹TOMORROW, we join other advocates across the #commonwealth as we present on Youth Leadership, representation, and advocacy #Reimagined. #YearOfYouth #YouthDisabilityRights
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Africa Climate Mobility Initiative@ACMI_Africa25 Sep 2023
📣 Are you between 18-30 and want to be a Youth Delegate at COP28? Apply to be part of the Climate Mobility Pavilion Youth Programme! Submit your application NOW ⏩ bit.ly/COP28-Youth-Delegates Deadline: 1 October 2023
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Puneet Singh Singhal
@puneetsinghal2226 Sep 2023
Please attend "Disabled Youth Leadership, Representation and Disability Human Rights." Thursday, 28th September 2023-google.com/url?q=https://us0… @CCYDNetwork @MinorityRights @gnypwd @IncludeMeTOO #YearOfTheYouth #GlobalDisabilityCYPCharter #YouthDisabilityRights #AXSChat
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Gifted Community (GCC) | The Leadership Alliance@giftedPWDcentre27 Sep 2023
#GccNews: We are excited to be the Vice-Chair, Africa Regional Rep&committee member of @CCYDNetwork. 🔹TOMORROW, we join other advocates across the #commonwealth as we present on Youth Leadership, representation, and advocacy #Reimagined. #YearOfYouth #YouthDisabilityRights
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SPASTN@SPASTN23 Sep 2023
#InternationalDayofSignLanguages @CCYDNetwork @possiabilities @Caf @CAFIndia_tweets @techmahindracsr @LTIMindtreeOFCL @TitanCompanyLtd @CHNvolunteer
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Puneet Singh Singhal
@puneetsinghal2221 Sep 2023
Please attend "Disabled Youth Leadership, Representation and Disability Human Rights." Thursday, 28th September 2023- mail.google.com/mail/u/3/#in… @CCYDNetwork @MinorityRights @gnypwd @IncludeMeTOO #YearOfTheYouth #GlobalDisabilityCYPCharter #YouthDisabilityRights #AXSChat
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Devika Malik 💜@devikamalik_39417 Sep 2023
Represented #youthwithdisabilities on behalf of @CCYDNetwork at Commonwealth Youth Ministers' Meeting #10CYMM Grateful to @PScotlandCSG @Helencyec @parmidheensa @Official_CYC for commending our efforts towards Safeguarding agency of young people in decision making! #YearOfYouth
With Commonwealth Secretary General Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland

ALT With Commonwealth Secretary General Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland

With Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network Co-chair Ms. Parmi Dheensa

ALT With Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network Co-chair Ms. Parmi Dheensa

With the Head of Programs of Royal Commonwealth Society, Helen Jones

ALT With the Head of Programs of Royal Commonwealth Society, Helen Jones

With Commonwealth Youth Council's Special Interest Groups rep. Ms. Sania Haider Shikoh

ALT With Commonwealth Youth Council's Special Interest Groups rep. Ms. Sania Haider Shikoh

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Initiative for National Growth@ING_spotlight14 Sep 2023
Through the power of STEM Skills and other pedagogical expertise, we have witnessed our amazing kids with cerebral palsy light up with curiosity and joy! #DisabilityInclusion #CerebralPalsyAwareness #EducationForAll #STEMForAll #DisabilityRights
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