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The Bridge initiative by its protagonists: the multiplying effect of empowerment
The Bridge CRPD-SDG Training initiative is an ambitious project to bring international human rights and development into the lives of people with disabilities. Initiated in 2015 by IDA and the International Disability and Development Consortium, the Bridge trainings have reached since then over 500 people from 103 countries, generating agency and knowledge, and an extraordinary multiplying effect in countless communities around the world.
The adoption of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities by the vast majority of nations in 2006 was a watershed moment in the history of the disability rights movement. What was needed thereafter was to mobilize its emancipatory effect to reach the communities, homes, families, and individuals whose lives this landmark document was meant to touch.
This is why the project sought to work with those that are rarely included in international action, and often neglected by national policies, relying on the coalition’s vast network of local organizations. Bridge experiences have reached people with [...]