[governance] People with disabilities

[Deirdre Williams]

Let me add to Lorena's suggestion of a youth category, (made on the
Bestbits list this morning) the need to have a constant voice for people
with disabilities. Judy Okite has provided this for the last few years, but
she has finished her term of appointment. She made this suggestion herself
at the last MAG meeting in Istanbul. Since one billion people around the
world suffer from some disability, and the Internet can offer considerable
relief for them, they are the holders of a very significant "stake".
Sadly it is easy to forget if one does not suffer from a disability
oneself, which is why it is so important to have a dedicated voice for
these stakeholders in all such groups.
Deirdre

-- 
“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William
Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
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