📋 Tender Overview
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stre opened the Global Disability Summit and launched Norways new strategy Gender Equality for All.The strategy provides direction for a more inclusive development collaboration in the future. It is in line with the 2030 agendas principle that no one should be left out and with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Norway will be a driving force for inclusion in international development cooperation says Minister for Development Aid Anne Beathe Tvinnereim.Over a billion people have some form of disability. It makes up almost 15 percent of the worlds population. In many countries people with disabilities are among the most marginalized. They are poorer than the rest of the population and have poorer access to health services education and the labor market. The pandemic has exacerbated these inequalities.We want to help change this situation by doing more to promote equality and fight inequality. Change must come from within but rights-based development cooperation can make a positive contribution. The goal of the strategy is for people with disabilities to be able to participate in society on an equal footing with everyone else on their own terms says Tvinnereim.The strategy is largely about changing the way we and our development partners work. We will work inclusively and rights-based within among other things global education health working life and climate measures. To get it right we want to strengthen our commitment and partnership with people with disabilities and their organizations.To ensure that Norways support is verifiable the government will increase its focus on traceability and contribute to strengthening the data base. The situation for people with disabilities must be made visible and knowledge increased. Norway will contribute to efforts locally to achieve change where people live.The organizations for and with people with disabilities and other civil society organizations have provided valuable input to the strategy. We look forward to continuing the cooperation when we now implement the strategy the Minister for Development Aid concludes.
