[governance] People with disabilities

[Remmy Nweke]

Let me add my voice to Deidre's narration.
Yes we often forget those with disabilities and I think now we are reminded
of it, thus imperative we all support the call for inclusion. May be pass
that as a resolution to make or have a rep from them at part of MAG process.
Thus should also apply to member nations too that way we will no longer
forget.
Nice day all.
Remmy Nweke
@ITRealms
A member of DigitalSENSE

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From: Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
Sent: 14/11/2014 15:01
To: Internet Governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
Subject: [governance] People with disabilities

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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