International Day of Persons with Disabilities

In honor of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a collection of photos highlight disability rights events and leaders from 2015.
A woman with crutches speaks at a podium
In December, General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) and ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission for Human Rights (AICHR) held an interface meeting with a group of disabled persons' organizations (DPOs) on the draft AICHR Regional Plan of Action in preparation for the upcoming regional dialogue on mainstreaming rights of persons with disabilities in the ASEAN Community. Source: IFES
A group of people are gathered in a gallery
International Disability Alliance (IDA) and the International Disability, Development Consortium (IDDC), and Sightsavers celebrate the inclusion of rights of persons with disabilities in the new Sustainable Development Goals. Source: IDA
Vietnamese RightsNow organization members
Vietnamese members of civil society, part of the RightsNow project, celebrate the passage of the first law on disability rights in Vietnam. Source: RightsNow
A man in a wheelchair sits at the bottom of a staircase
In June, Alejandro Gallarda formed the National Movement for Inclusion and Democracy of and for Persons with Disabilities, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in Mexico that focuses on implementing Article 29 of the Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Source: Diario Morelos
Susan Sygall hugs a young woman with a disability
Mobility International-USA (MIUSA) CEO Susan Sygall is one of the first inductees into the Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Source: MIUSA