Disability and Development Report 2018
Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals by, for and with persons with disabilities 2018.
Disability has been included in various targets and as a cross-cutting issue in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Efforts need to be stepped up to ensure that the goals and targets will be achieved for persons with disabilities too, in line with the CRPD.
This chapter reflects on overall progress towards the SDGs from the perspective of persons with disabilities. In particular, the following SDGs are addressed in detail in the following sections of this chapter: poverty and hunger (SDGs 1 and 2), health and well-being (SDG 3), sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights (targets 3.7 and 5.6), education (SDG 4), gender equality and empowerment of women and girls with disabilities (SDG 5), availability of water and sanitation (SDG 6), access to energy (SDG 7), employment and decent work (SDG 8), access to ICT (target 9.c), inequality (SDG 10), inclusive cities and human settlements (SDG 11), disasters, shocks and climate change (targets 1.5 and 11.5 and SDG 13) and finally violence against persons with disabilities, inclusive societies and institutions, representative decision-making, birth-registration and access to justice and to information (SDG 16).
These sections provide an overview of the selected SDGs from a disability perspective, discussing relevant international normative frameworks; the current situation of persons with disabilities; and current practices with particular attention to highlighting best practices, all with the aim of informing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for persons with disabilities.
