If the New Urban Agenda is going to successfully promote sustainable urban growth and inclusive cities around the world, then accessibility and disability-inclusiveness must be part of the picture.
The key strength of DisCo policy framework lies in its flexibility to be adopted in the analysis of the disability-inclusiveness of any public policy.
The seventh Middle East and North Africa Regional Special Olympics, held recently in Damascus, indicated that Syria has chosen to celebrate persons with disabilities and work towards inclusiveness.
Its website caters heavily to inclusiveness, boasting a number of disability workforce-related awards, detailing the company's active participation in a number of programs related to disability, and offering significant perks such as EY AccessAbilities, a network dedicated to promoting an inclusive workplace and discussing "abilities-related issues".
Recently, feminist thinkers moved into the forefront of this turn of interest in disability, sometimes prompted by their philosophical commitment to inclusiveness, and sometimes by personal encounters with disability.
And "inclusiveness" has never been so inclusive.
Our national policy on disability emphasises the principles of protection of human rights, inclusiveness, barrier free and partnerships and these must be respected, Ms. Solomon said.
Asked what governments in the Pacific can do to promote inclusiveness and awareness of the needs of those with disabilities, Vivienne said, "Government [institutions] such as the Ministry of Sports should look at our ability and provide more opportunities to the children and youth with disabilities".
A vocal base: Of course, the greatest tool in the fight for greater workplace inclusiveness is increased visibility and participation of all persons with disabilities.
Against this backdrop, this study aims to provide an analysis of the Philippine electoral system and to measure the degree of inclusiveness of the country's electoral laws, policies, and processes for Filipino voters with disabilities.
And indeed some discussions of disability by feminists seem to proceed by laying aside feminism's own affiliations with liberation, self-affirmation, and inclusiveness.
