Pacific people with disability shaping the agenda for inclusive humanitarian action

Not everyone experiences humanitarian emergencies in the same way. We know that people with disabilities are disproportionately impacted. This is not due to inherent vulnerability; it is the result of existing inequalities that are compounded by crisis and exacerbated by the way that humanitarian assistance is traditionally designed and delivered. This is well recognised: Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) promotes equitable approaches to inclusion in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies, and the Sendai Framework calls for a disability perspective in all Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) efforts.