What can Ageing Advocates Learn from the Disability Convention Process?
Global Action on Aging, Side Event during the Commission for Social Development February 6, 2008 Frank Schroeder, Maria Veronica Reina, Andreas Pruisken, Johan Schőlvinck, Enrique Ochoa and Susanne Paul. Global Action on Aging and the Freidrich Ebert Foundation, the organizers for this Side Event, wanted to explore how the International Disability Caucus NGOs managed their membership, their goals, their interactions with governments and the UN itself in the years preceding the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The United Nations adopted the Convention after decades of advocacy and organizing in the Disability Rights movement. The Government of Mexico took the leadership as the champion country of the Convention proposal among the Member States. Many Aging NGOs hope to activate a similar movement to press for an aging convention. With this background, leading figures from the disability struggle shared their testimonies and experiences. According to
