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Endelig kan den gode nyheten deles: Norges Døveforbund er en del av Atlas-alliansen!

Mandag 21. oktober deltok Atlas-alliansens daglige leder, Marit Sørheim, på muntlig høring i Stortinget om bistandsbudsjettet. Les vårt skriftlige innspill til statsbudsjettet.

Atlas-alliansens reaksjon på statsbudsjettutkastet for 2025: - Skuffende og kortsiktig

Utviklingspolitikk og inkludering - her finner du oss under Arendalsuka!

COSP17, the seventeenth session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, took place in New York from 11-13 June 2024. The Atlas Alliance was part of the Norwegian delegation.

The Atlas Alliance is excited to announce that it is the recipient of TV-aksjonen 2025, Norway's annual national telethon. What does this mean? Here is a brief introduction in English.

Amidst ongoing humanitarian crises, disability-inclusive humanitarian action is one of this year's sub-themes at COSP.

Forrige uke deltok Atlas-alliansen på IDDCs generalforsamling og årlige seminar.

Nå begynner den viktige jobben med å etterleve strategien.

På 8. mars, den internasjonale kvinnedagen, markerer vi seirene kvinne- og likestillingsbevegelser har vunnet, men også hvor mye som gjenstår. I en verden der kvinners rettigheter angripes, erdet viktig å løfte fram at noen grupper kvinner rammes har

In December, the Atlas Alliance had the pleasure of hosting an in-person workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for local partners in the Together for Inclusion project in Oslo.

Den 3. desember er FNs Internasjonale dag for funksjonshemmede. Mandag 4. desember inviterte vi til en frokostfest, nettopp fordi vi vil feire dagen, ikke bare markere den.

On Monday 14 August 2023, Fafo and the Atlas Alliance invite you to a presentation and panel discussion about the pandemic's effect on families with children with and without disabilities in Niger!

On 7 September 2023, U4, Norad, and the Atlas Alliance hosted an online discussion on corruption’s impact on the rights of PwD. This event is now available on our Youtube channel for those who could not participate. The recording has closed captions.

Pitfalls and possibilities in international development and humanitarian assistance

Based on a brand new report, the Atlas Alliance invites you to a seminar on climate change, food security and disability inclusion in Hammersborggata 9 in Oslo on 28 March from 13.00-15.00. The event will also be streamed.

Regjeringen skal lage en ny handlingsplan for kvinners rettigheter og likestilling i utenriks- og utviklingspolitikken. Det følgende er Atlas-alliansens innledende innspill for å sikre at funksjonshemmedes rettigheter ivaretas i den nye planen.

- from Gagan Chhabra, project manager inclusion at the Atlas Alliance

Happy #GDS2022 anniversary!

This year, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December, fell on a Saturday. Therefore, the Atlas Alliance arranged a seminar to mark this day on Monday 5 December.

SAFOD and the Atlas Alliance have made this advocacy toolkit for organizations and individuals working to realise the rights of persons with disabilities

Atlas-alliansens reaksjoner på statsbudsjettet 2023

Here is a little greeting from the #IncluExpo, a capacity visibility fair that took place in Barranquilla, Colombia, on 12 March this year!

Our COSP15 side event "Strengthening youth with disabilities’ meaningful participation in society" in June 2022 was recorded. You can watch/listen to the event here!

“Creating an environment for people with disabilities to live with dignity is not an act of charity but a social responsibility”. This was the core message during a radio interview with YMCA delegates explaining the new project they had launched.

This policy brief from Yemeni NGO Mwatana discusses psychological, social and economic aspects of the situation for civilians with disabilities resulting from armed conflict. It also gives recommendations for actors working with advocacy and relief.

#COSP15: New report from the Atlas Alliance on the GDS 2022, commitments given, and lessons learned.

The 15th session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD (COSP15) takes place in the UN headquarters in New York 14-16 June. Join us for one of our side-events!

During the Global Disability Summit in February, youth from all over the planet gathered on a virtual world tour for the Global Disability Youth Summit. You can watch and/or listen to recordings of all the sessions from around the globe online here.

Onsdag 30. mars inviterte statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre til markering av en vellykket gjennomføring av historiens andre internasjonale toppmøte om funksjons­hemmedes rettigheter, Global Disability Summit, i februar.

World Federation of the Deaf og Atlas-alliansen inviterer til webinar om inkluderende utdanning for døve og døvblinde i dag kl 14.00!

Den humanitære hjelpen til Ukraina bør ikke gå på bekostning av verdens fattigste, skriver vi sammen med 40 andre organisasjoner i Nettavisen i dag

Ryggmargsbrokk- og hydrocephalus­foreningen og deres partner i Zambia, the Papaya Kay Foundation, har gjennomført et prosjekt for å inkludere personer med rygg­margsbrokk og hydrocephalus i informasjon om og beskyttelse mot covid-19.

The Atlas Alliance is deeply concerned that persons with disabilities are excluded from relief efforts in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. The plea from the international DPO community is clear: Consult us for advice when planning your response!

På oppdrag fra Atlas-alliansen har Fafo laget en rapport om i hvilken grad inkludering av funksjonshemmede spores i programmer og aktiviteter drevet av store, multilaterale aktører.

Persons with disabilities are among the most vulnerable populations in war and conflict. The Atlas Alliance has prepared this short brief on disability inclusion in crisis and conflict for Norwegian humanitarian actors.

I lys av krigshandlingene i Ukraina, har Atlas-alliansen og tre andre organisasjoner sendt en oppfordring til norske myndigheter og humanitære aktører om at funksjons­hemmede i Ukraina må få beskyttelse og bistand på lik linje med alle andre sivile.

Norge, Ghana og International Disability Alliance (IDA) var vertskap for Global Disability Summit 2022 (GDS)

Over en milliard mennesker lever med funksjonsnedsettelser, og mer enn 800 millioner av disse bor i det globale sør. Inkludering av funksjons­hemmede i norsk bistand og humanitær innsats er nødvendig for å fremme grunnleggende menneske­rettigheter.

A lot is happening in the global disability movement these days, to raise awareness of disability rights and inclusion and prepare for the Global Disability Summit to maximize its potential impact in different contexts. Here are some highlights the Atlas Alliance have received from partner organisations around the world.

In consultation with civil society partners, IDA and the Atlas Alliance are hosting the Civil Society Forum, an addition to the Summit, to leverage the opportunity to amplify the voice and participation of persons with disabilities, through their individual participation and that of representative organizations (OPDs).

A 24 hours virtual event on February 14th IDA, UNICEF, and the Atlas Alliance, represented by Youth Mental Health Norway will co-host a Youth Summit to ensure the inclusion of youth in the Global Disability Summit. This 24 hours virtual event will be filled with exciting speakers, interesting stories and topics which are related to All Youth.

Atlas GDS podcast week concludes with a fascinating conversation between Gagan Chhabra and US Special Advisor on International Disability Rights, Sara Minkara.

The Atlas Alliance will host two Side Events during GDS - Tracking Inclusion on the 16th February and Together for Inclusion on 17th February

Global youth with disabilities have decided on their priorites. Read this Call to Action and sign up to the 16 commitments.

Alle episodene er nå tilgjengelig på Apple Podcasts, YouTube, SoundCloud og Spotify

YWCA Kenya wants everybody to be engaged in the Global Disability Summit 2022

Atlas-alliansens podkast serie Road to Inclusion vokser

Yesterday 27th January the Atlas Alliance hosted a screening of the documentary Crip Camp and a panel-discussion titled Global Disability Summit: Changing the Narrative on Disability Inclusion which was topped with a letter from Barack Obama.

The Norwegian Human Rights Fund’s partners in Indonesia and Pakistan have in a very short time accomplished a lot with their grants. 

Atlas-alliansens nye daglige leder er Marit Sørheim som kommer fra stillingen som leder for den internasjonale avdelingen hos Caritas Norge

In August 2021, the Atlas Alliance announced a call for applications. The request was for organisations (NGOs and DPOs) to start new, or to upscaling their advocacy work before the Global Disability Summit (GDS).

Save the Children International recently released their policy on inclusion of children with disabilities. 

- For at Global Disability Summit i februar skal bli en suksess må vi mobilisere til deltakelse i ukene som kommer. Vi må få de viktige personene til å stille og det håper jeg dere kan hjelpe meg med. GDS handler om varig endring på individ nivå, sa en engasjert statsråd Tvinnereim i møte med Atlas- og TOFI organisasjonene 21.12.2021.

These days, in the run up to the Global Disability Summit in February 2022 (GDS22), the Atlas Alliance is heavily focused on mobilization. The GDS is a rare occasion where the world’s focus will be on the rights of persons with disabilities, and the aim of the mobilizing efforts is that the GDS will be on everyone’s lips and minds - not just those of disabled persons’ organizations (DPOs).

The Global Disability Summit 2022 (GDS22) in Oslo can result in genuine change for persons with disabilities - globally. However, to make the GDS an actual game-changer, we need to make use of the coming weeks to raise our voice. Civil Society and Disabled People's Organizations everywhere need to raise their voices and make the summit known. That is why we say that the GDS is happening right here, right now.

- The main strengths of DPOs relates to their strong and wide membership base and their immediate social relevance to the community they serve, which is contributing to a continuous reinforcement of their legitimacy, and recognition by the community and the government as agents of positive change.

Historien om mennesker med funksjonshemming er en historie om diskriminering sier Lars Ødegård. Gjennom hele Atlas-alliansens førtiårige historie har han jobbet for å endre på dette. Skal man fortelle historien om Atlas-alliansen, kommer man seg ikke utenom Lars Ødegård.

In May 2021, the Atlas Alliance partner Mental Health Uganda (MHU), launched the country`s first national phone service providing free counselling, guidance, and information on mental health issues.

The upcoming Global Disability Summit (GDS) 14-17 February 2022 is a good time to put in extra efforts to advocate for national and international policy change

Åpent brev til regjering Støre. Det er avgjørende at rike land ikke nedprioriterer fattigdomsbekjempelse for å innfri våre forpliktelser globalt, blant annet klimafinansiering.

Morten Eriksen ble ansatt som leder i Atlas-alliansen april 2013 og gir seg nå etter snart ni år i lederstolen for å slippe til nye krefter.

At Norge arrangerer Global Disability Summit i februar 2021 er synlig på statsbudsjettet for neste år. I tillegg prioriteres bistand til blant annet funksjonshemmedes egne organisasjoner.

"Global Disability Reset" er et veikart for en inkluderende utviklingspolitikk og humanitær innsats. Protokollens 12 mål er en sammfunnskontrakt for inkluderende bistand.

Rapporten for samarbeidet om «Together for inclusion» (TOFI) i 2020 er lansert. TOFI fikk økte midler fra det offentlige i 2020, og resultatrapporten kan du lese her.

«Together for inclusion» (TOFI) et unikt og nyskapende konsortium mellom seks Atlas-organisasjoner og ni norske frivillige organisasjoner. Les hvordan de endrer liv til mennesker i fattige land.

GDS Youth Summit - a 24 hours event! Starting in Vancouver, via the Pacific, Asia, Europe, Africa and ending in Brazil.

- It is high time for rights based and inclusive development. Global Disability Summit can be a real game changer. Civil Society Forum is a great opportunity for linking OPDs with rest of civil society, as such partnerships are important to achieve inclusive development, said State Secretary Bjørg Sandkjær.‍