National Disability Rights Awareness Month
Update #1: National Disability Rights Awareness Month
The United Nations General Assembly in 1993, through Resolution 47/3,
proclaimed the date of 3 December as an International Day of Persons
with Disabilities.
South Africa has been celebrating and
observing the International Day of Persons with Disabilities annually
since 1997. In 2009, South Africa introduced the concept of
coordinating activities of the National Disability Rights Awareness
Month, as a build up to 3 December.
Cabinet in 2013 approved
that November 3 to December 3 annually be observed as National
Disability Rights Awareness Month, and that December 3 be observed as
the National Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Minister
Bathabile Dlamini, supported by Deputy Minister Hendrietta
Bogopane-Zulu, will be launching the 2014 National Disability Rights
Awareness Month this morning during a media briefing at the Department
of Communications in Pretoria, under the theme:
Celebrating 20 years of the rights of persons with disabilities in our Democracy!
Together we move South Africa forward through radical socio-economic transformation
The 2014 National Disability Rights Awareness Month takes place within
the broader context of our Twenty Years of Democracy celebrations, the
International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, and the
finalisation of the Post 2015 Development Agenda internationally, among
others. Activities during the Month will
· Provide a
platform for government, civil society, business, labour and the media
to celebrate, showcase and dialogue on progress made over the past 20
years in promoting and protecting the rights of persons with
disabilities
· Isolate remaining challenges that hinder
the building of inclusive caring societies where the contributions of
persons with disabilities are valued and ensured
· Foster
consensus on priorities to be addressed in the next five years,
including re-positioning and packaging messages that promote disability
as a primarily human rights issue.
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