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- Amplifying Voices \u2013 Our Lives Our Say_WBU COVID-19 Report (English)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Amplifying Voices \u2013 Our Lives Our Say, WBU COVID-19 Executive Summary Report (English<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Amplifying Voices \u2013 Our Lives Our Say_WBU COVID-19 Executive Summary Report (French)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Amplifying Voices \u2013 Our Lives Our Say_WBU COVID-19 Executive Summary Report -Spanish<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Amplifying Voices \u2013 Our Lives Our Say_WBU COVID-19 Report (pdf)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- PowerPoint Presentation of the Report (pdf)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Amplifying Voices- Our Lives, Our Say,\u00a0WBU COVID-19 Report_August2020.brf<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n- Amplifying Voices \u2013 Our Lives, Our\u00a0Say_WBU COVID-19 Report_August2020.epub<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n
Other COVID-19 Advocacy Resources\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- WBU Call to Action -19 Actions for an inclusive Covid-19 response<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n
- Home schooling, how to help our children in time of Covid-19<\/a><\/u>\u00a0WBU\u00a0Facebook live session
\n<\/u>(transcript not available due to technical problems)<\/li>\n- COVID 19 Questions and Answers by the\u00a0European Blind Union<\/a>: When did your organisation become aware that COVID was going to be a major challenge, and what was your first reaction?<\/u><\/li>\n
- COVID-19:\u00a0CNIB Foundation offers free educational manual \u2013 The ABC\u2019s of iOS: a VoiceOver Manual for Toddlers and Beyond!\u200b<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n
- RNIB Radio interview on COVID19 response<\/a>\u00a0with Mr. Lars Bosselmann Executive Director of European Blind Union<\/u><\/li>\n
- Schools for the Blind not ready to reopen<\/a><\/u>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Blind SA Media Release<\/li>\n
- Orientation and mobility, personal safety in time of Covid-19<\/a><\/u>\u00a0\u2013 WBU\u00a0Facebook live session on
\n(Transcript-April 16)<\/a><\/li>\n- WBU e-Bulletin Special Edition on COVID19- April 2020\u200b<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n
- Disability and Coronavirus: IDA Facebook Live Weekly Briefing #14<\/a><\/u>\u00a0\u2013 WBU President Dr. Fred Schroeder was among speakers<\/li>\n
- Disability and Coronavirus: IDA Facebook Live Weekly Briefing with a Focus on the Asia-Pacfic #15\u00a0<\/a><\/u>\u00a0\u2013 WBU Executive Committee member and President of the Mongolian National Federation of the Blind, Ms. Gerel Dondovdorj, was among speakers :<\/li>\n
- Disability and Coronavirus<\/a><\/u>: IDA Facebook live session!<\/li>\n
- Resources and Tools for Action<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(IDA)<\/li>\n
- COVID-19 and the World of Work: Ensuring the inclusion of persons with disabilities at all stages of the response\u200b<\/a>\u00a0<\/u>(ILO)<\/li>\n
- The Impact of The Covid-19 Pandemic on Canadians who are blind, Deaf-Blind,\u00a0 and partially-sighted<\/a><\/u>:\u00a0Covid-19 Impact Survey Report,\u00a0Canadian Council of the Blind<\/li>\n
- IDA and IDDC joint statement on the World Refugee Day 2020\u00a0\u200b<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n
- End-Discrimination Campaign \u2013 COVID19\u200b<\/a><\/u>: launched by\u00a0International Disability Alliance and the International Disability and Development Consortium<\/li>\n
- Accessibility Campaign \u2013\u00a0COVID19\u00a0Statement\u00a0\u200b to the\u00a0World Health Assembly\u00a0<\/a><\/u>by IDDC (the International Disability and Development Consortium\u200b) and\u00a0IDA\u00a0 (he\u00a0International Disability Alliance) members<\/li>\n
- Accessibility campaign to call for public health information and communications around COVID19 to be fully accessible<\/a>\u00a0by the\u00a0International Disability Alliance (IDA)\u00a0and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)<\/u><\/li>\n
- Response received from the United Nations Secretary-General to the IDA-IDDC Accessibility campaign<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n
- A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19<\/a><\/u>\u00a0\u2013 by the\u00a0UN<\/li>\n
- Stories from people with various disabilities across the globe sharing their experiences with COVID-19\u00a0\u200b<\/a><\/u>(IDA)<\/li>\n
- An initial overview of specific social protection measures for persons with disabilities and their families in response to COVID 19 crisis\u00a0<\/a><\/u>\u00a0\u2013 The Centre for Inclusive Policy<\/li>\n
- Disability-Inclusive Social Protection Response to COVID19 crisis\u00a0<\/a><\/u>\u200b\u00a0\u2013 UNPRPD brief<\/li>\n
- Disability and Coronavirus: Discrimination in Urgent Care<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(IDA)<\/li>\n
- Disability and Coronavirus: Weekly update, 20 April<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(IDA)<\/li>\n
- Disability and Coronavirus, 13 April<\/a><\/u>\u200b\u00a0(IDA)<\/li>\n
- COVID-19-CBM\u00a0Resource Document on\u00a0Key Advocacy Messages, Questions to ask on Inclusion (pdf<\/a>)<\/u><\/li>\n
- Disability considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak\u200b<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 PDF by\u00a0<\/u>World Health Organization\u00a0(WHO)<\/li>\n
- Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus<\/a><\/u>\u00a0by\u00a0World Health Organization (WHO)<\/li>\n
- International Disability Alliance (IDA) \u00a0COVID-19 webpage<\/a>\u200b\u200b<\/u><\/li>\n
- COVID 19 Resources and Information\u200b<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 European Blind Union<\/u><\/li>\n
- <\/u>COVID-19 Response:Considerations for Persons with\u00a0Disabilities in Lebanon<\/a><\/li>\n
- The United Nations has released a set of actions\u200b<\/a>\u00a0that should be followed in order to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/u><\/li>\n
- Handwashing Advice for Blind People.mp3<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n
- Covid-19 handwashing advice described for blind people\u200b<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n
- Q&A on coronaviruses\u00a0\u200b<\/a>(COVID-19)<\/u><\/li>\n
- Voices of People with Disabilities During the COVID19 Outbreak:<\/a>\u00a0International Disability Alliance:<\/u><\/li>\n
- WBU call\u00a0for accessible and inclusive services on Corona Virus\u200b<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n
- Resources on disability inclusive COVID-19 response<\/a>\u00a0compiled\u00a0\u200b\u200b<\/a>by the European Disability Forum (EDF)<\/u><\/li>\n
- Open letter\u00a0by\u00a0the European Disability Forum (EDF)\u00a0to leaders at the EU and in EU countries:<\/a>\u00a0COVID-19 \u2013 Disability Inclusive Response<\/u><\/li>\n
- Human Rights Based Approach Guideline On Disability Inclusion In Covid-19 Response<\/a>\u00a0(Pacific Disability Forum)<\/li>\n
- \u00a0COVID-19 Database of publications on coronavirus disease\u200b<\/a>\u00a0WHO<\/li>\n
- WHO interactive dashboard\/map<\/a>\u00a0provides the latest global numbers and numbers by country of COVID-19 cases on a daily basis<\/li>\n
- Aira and The Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Update\u200b<\/a><\/li>\n
- COVID-19: Who is protecting the people with disabilities?<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Ms Catalina Devandas (Costa Rica), UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities<\/li>\n
- COVID-19 Resources page:\u200b<\/a>\u00a0The National Federation of the Blind, USA<\/li>\n
- Ebu joins the global call for an accessible and inclusive response<\/a><\/li>\n
- Digital Technologies and the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a><\/li>\n
- Statement by Minister Qualtrough on Canada\u2019s Disability-Inclusive approach to its COVID-19 pandemic response<\/a><\/li>\n
- FR:\u00a0D\u00e9claration de la ministre Qualtrough au sujet de l\u2019approche inclusive du Canada concernant les personnes en situation de handicap dans sa r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 la COVID-19<\/a>\u200b<\/li>\n
- Covid-19 Information and FAQ for persons with visual impairement by Blind Youth Association Nepal (BYAN)\u200b<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n
- AFUB Letter to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission by AFUB(pdf<\/a>):\u00a0Urgent action to promote and protect the rights of the blind and partially sighted persons in the African Union and it\u2019s member states during Covid-19<\/li>\n
- UN DESA\u2019s web portal on COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0to closely monitor the economic, financial and social impacts of the crisis and help Member States navigate the policy choices ahead in a way that leaves no one behind.<\/li>\n
- A\u00a0call to action on \u201cAddressing discrimination and inequality in the global response to COVID 19<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 by\u00a0a coalition of leading global equality organisations<\/li>\n
- ABC\u2019s of iOS: A VoiceOver Manual for Toddlers and Beyond!\u00a0\u200b<\/a>\u2013 currently available FREE for everyone during COVID-19!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Home schooling, how to help our children in time of Covid-19<\/a><\/u>\u00a0WBU\u00a0Facebook live session
- Amplifying Voices \u2013 Our Lives Our Say, WBU COVID-19 Executive Summary Report (English<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n