Global Forum on Disability, Migration and Forced Displacement

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We are LIVE! The first ever Global Forum on Disability, Migration and Forced Displacement opens today, centering the voices of persons with disabilities, migrants and refugees. The conversation starts now. #GFDMD #DisabilityMigration #ForcedDisplacement #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
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Tomorrow, the conversation begins. The Global Forum on Disability, Migration and Forced Displacement starts tomorrow, bringing together persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees, and many more. Registration is still open at bit.ly/46kUgbR 23–24 September 2026
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At GFDMD, accessibility isn't something you request. It's built in. ✔ Interpretation in 10 languages ✔ International Sign ✔ Live captions ✔ Accessible Zoom ✔ Free Other access needs? Please don't hesitate to let us know. gfdmd.org #GFDMD #AccessibilityFirst
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Session 3 helps OPDs engage the IMRF, Global Refugee Forum and COSP with confidence. Jose Maria Viera (IDA), Rosa Maria Juarez (RIADIS), Julius Ntobuah (GNRD), Mak Monika (CDPO) 24 Sept · Free · gfdmd.org #GFDMD #OPDLeadership
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Session 4: Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond, UN Independent Expert on albinism, on what it means for persons with albinism to cross borders and systems that don't see them. 24 Sept · Online · Free · gfdmd.org #GFDMD #Albinism #HumanRights
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One week to go. On 23–24 September, people from around the world gather to share experiences and shape a more inclusive conversation about people on the move. Online. Free. Fully accessible. Register at bit.ly/46kUgbR #GFDMD #DisabilityMigration #OneWeekToGo
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Session 2 · Labour migration governance and disability in practice Lessons from ASEAN, Australia, South Korea and Europe.Ben Thatcher (DMN), Matthew Hall (AFDO), Jueon Lee (Duroo), Dr. Eva Duda-Mikulin (Wrocław) 23 Sept · Online · Free · bit.ly/46kUgbR #GFDMD
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Disability is largely missing from global labour migration data. Of 167.7 million migrant workers, we don't know how many have disabilities. Better data means better policy and stronger systems that actually serve people. gfdmd.org #GFDMD #DataMatters
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Session 2 is moderated by Rebecca Napier-Moore of the ILO, a leading voice on fair recruitment. The evidence session on barriers migrant workers with disabilities face in recruitment, employment, social protection and justice. #GFDMD #FairRecruitment #LabourMigration
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"Disability is treated as a category of individual vulnerability rather than a crosscutting governance issue requiring structural reform." This is the gap the forum addresses — not welfare, not charity. gfdmd.org #GFDMD #DisabilityRights #MigrationGovernance
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To understand where we need to go, it helps to understand how we got here. Session 1 traces the laws and decisions that shaped disability, migration and displacement - and the barriers they still create. Moderated by Catalina Devandas Aguilar. Link in our Bio. #GFDMD #CRPD20
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Disability isn't only something a person brings into the migration journey. Sometimes the journey creates it through violence, detention, interrupted care, and uncertainty. A reality migration systems rarely account for. gfdmd.org #GFDMD #DisabilityMigration
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Four networks. Three regions. One agenda. GNRD · KDF · DMN · DAMN are convening the first Global Forum on Disability, Migration and Forced Displacement — led by persons with disabilities, shaped by lived experience. #GFDMD #OPDLeadership #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
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304M migrants. 1.3B people with disabilities. At least 62M are both — and missing from the data and policies meant to serve them. Global Forum on Disability, Migration & Forced Displacement 23–24 Sept 2026 · Online · Free · Accessible gfdmd.org #GFDMD #CRPD20
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For the first time, persons with disabilities and their organizations are leading a global conversation on disability, labour migration and forced displacement. 23–24 Sept 2026. Online, free, fully accessible. Join the conversation by clicking the link in our bio. #GFDMD
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