[governance] People with disabilities

[Deirdre Williams]

My message was sent in response to a suggestion from Lorena to have a
"youth category". What is needed is a mechanism to ensure that the concerns
of people with disabilities are expressed. For the last few years that
mechanism was provided (apparently fortuitously) by the presence on the MAG
of Judy Okite, (civil society/technical) who is herself disabled and
therefore was unlikely to forget the concerns of people with disabilities.
It would be good always to have someone on the MAG whose special
responsibility was to act as a liaison for the billion people on the planet
who live with disability, to remember and to voice their concerns.
Deirdre

On 14 November 2014 13:27, Arsene TUNGALI <arsenebaguma at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Hi Deidre,
>
> I agree with your point, having a separate 'stake' for people with
> disabilities. However, you may need to make it clear wether you mean that
> we should add a new category to the existing ones (Gov, CS, Business, etc)?
>
> My stake is that for this specific category, we just make sure they are
> represented within the already existing categories. If not, we will face a
> situation where we need to consider new categories in the future (youth,
> students, children, etc)
>
> Regards,
> A
> ------------------
> Arsene Tungali,
> Executive Director, Rudi International
> www.rudiinternational.org
>
> Founder, Mabingwa Forum
> www.mabingwa-forum.com
> Phone:+243993810967
>
> ICANN Fellow| ISOC Member| Child Online Protection Advocate| Youth Leader|
> Internet Governance.
> Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
> At 14 nov. 2014 15:59:21, Deirdre Williams<'williams.deirdre at gmail.com'>
> wrote:
> 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
>
>


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