2014 will see Parliament hosting the Inaugural Disability Rights Parliament on 3 December 2014, which will bring together representatives of all nineteen national disability organisations, as well as delegates from provinces. Cabinet in 2013 approved that 3 November to 3 December be observed as National Disability Rights Awareness Month, and that December 3 be observed as the National Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The United Nations General Assembly appealed to Member States in 1992 to devote 3 December to the reflection on issues of persons with disabilities so as to advance the equalisation of opportunities for this constituency.
Members of the media are invited as follows:
Date: 3 December 2014
Time: 10h00
Venue: Parliament, Cape Town
Media RSVPs may be forwarded to Mr Jaconia Kobue on 073 026 1111 or JaconiaK@dsd.gov.za.
Media enquiries may be forwarded to:
Ms Lumka Oliphant
Cell: 083 484 8067
E-mail: LumkaO@dsd.gov.za
