When Australia sets foot at the U.N. headquarters in New York next week for the annual conference discussing the rights of people with disabilities, it will come armed with a new six-year strategy.
Following the announcement of deep cuts to the Australian aid program, Canberra last week unveiled “Development for All 2015-2020,” its updated strategy to strengthen disability-inclusive development beyond 2015, focusing particularly on the Indo-Pacific region.
This strategy builds on the Australian aid program’s previous six-year disability policy, which ended in 2014. The first blueprint was recognized internationally for its innovation, and this new road map incorporates best practices and lessons learned from implementing the previous strategy.
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Lisa Cornish@lisa_cornish
Lisa Cornish is a freelance data journalist based in Canberra, Australia. Lisa formerly worked with News Corp Australia as a data journalist for the national network and was published throughout Australia in major metropolitan and regional newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph in Melbourne, Herald Sun in Melbourne, Courier-Mail in Brisbane and online through news.com.au. Lisa has recently been awarded the 2014 Journalist of the Year by the New South Wales Institute of Surveyors.
