An estimated 90 million Southeast Asians with disabilities encounter daily attitudinal, communication, environmental and institutional barriers that prevent them from full participation in their communities. In December 2018, ASEAN launched the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to integrate the global human rights standards as outlined in the United Nations […]...

From December 4 to 5, the 2023 ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Regional Consultation on the Midterm Review and Progress of the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025 took place in Bangkok, Thailand, both in-person and virtually. Organized in collaboration with AGENDA and ADF, with support from the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and […]...

On November 6, the voices of persons with disabilities resonated at the 5th ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Human Rights Dialogue, held at the ASEAN Secretariat building in Jakarta. Three Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) holding consultative status with AICHR, namely the Indonesian People with Disabilities Association, Thailand Association of the Blind, […]...