Today we celebrate the UN’s International Day for Persons with Disabilities. It has been 28 years since the UN proclaimed this day for Persons with Disabilities. It aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities and increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of life.
Facts & Figures
- 7 billion people: world population
- Over 1 billion people in the world have some form of disability, that’s 1 in 7
- More than 100 million disabled persons are children
- Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled children
- 80% of all people with disabilities live in a developing country
- 50% of disabled persons cannot afford health care
- 180 countries have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- 7 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explicitly refer to persons with disabilities.
Read more on the UN website.
