Make the Right Real
WALK FOR THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Make the Right Real Together for a Better Asia and the Pacific for All

To Mark 2011 International Day of Persons with Disabilities

“Together for a Better World for All: Including Persons with Disabilities in Development”

3,000 people marched to Make the Right Real!

Organized by the Government of the Philippines through
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA)

In Collaboration with
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD)
SM Supermalls
Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
Autism Society Philippines (ASP)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
2 December 2011
Manila, Philippines

Printed by
Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD)
255 Rajvithi Rd., Rajthevi, Bangkok 10400 Thailand
Tel: +66 (0)2 354-7505 Fax: +66 (0)2 354-7507
Email: info@apcdfoundation.org
Website: www.apcdfoundation.org


Contents
What is “MAKE THE RIGHT REAL!”
Summary Report
Program
Speeches & Messages
Photos
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What is “MAKE THE RIGHT REAL!”
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) launched the “Make the Right Real!” Campaign in October 2010 to accelerate the ratification and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). To achieve the aim, the campaign encourages collaboration among governments, organizations of persons with disabilities and other stakeholders in advocacy, research and capacity-building activities. We invite you to join us in the campaign. Let us Make the Right Real! for persons with disabilities! For further details, please visit www.maketherightreal. net


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Summary of the Event
With the theme of “Make the Right Real Together for a Better Asia and the Pacific for All”, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2011 was jointly celebrated on 2 December 2011 by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) of the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) of the Philippines and the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) of the Philippines in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD), SM Supermalls, the Philippines Information Agency (PIA), the Autism Society Philippines (ASP) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
More than 3,000 persons, including participants of the 2nd Asia-Pacific CBR Congress, also joined the event at SM Mall of Asia to raise awareness about disability amongst women and girls, and children and youth.
The event was attended by Hon. Jessie Robredo (Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government) and Hon. Corazon Juliano-Soliman (Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development) who focused on the promotion of disability-inclusive development through the Make the Right Real campaign. APCD and ASP played a key role in this event for the promotion of the rights of persons with autism to further accelerate the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines.


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Program
07:30-09:00
Registration
09:00- 09:30
Warm-up Exercises	by MS. JOANNA HIZON and Company, Department of Social Welfare and Development
09:30-10:00
Video Presentation “Make the Right Real!”
Philippines National Anthem by ASP Dream Girls, PAVIC Twin
Invocation by ASP Dream Girls, PAVIC Twin
Welcome Remarks by MS. ANNIE S. GARCIA, President, SM Supermalls
Opening Remarks by HON. CORAZON JULIANO-SOLIMAN, Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Chairperson, National Council on Disability Affairs
“Declaration of Cooperation by the Thematic Sub-Group in Promoting Data Collection and Statistics on Disability” by ENGR. EMER ROJAS, President, New Vois Association of the Philippines
Intermission Number by TWH Wheelchair Dancers
10:00-11:30
Message by MR. AKIIE NINOMIYA, Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability
“Message of the Secretary-General of the United Nations” by MS. NANDA KRAIRIKSH, Director, Social Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN/ESCAP)
Intermission Number by, ASP Dream Girls
Message by MR. TAKAHIRO SASAKI, Chief Representative, Philippines Office, Japan International Cooperation Agency
Message by DR. SOE NYUNT-U, Representative in the Philippines, World Health Organization
Intermission Number by INDEAFENDENT Dancers
Keynote Address by HON. JESSE M. ROBREDO, Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Chair, International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2011
11:30-12:00
Declaration of the Walk by DR. MAUREEN AVA MATA, Chairperson, Makati Federation of Persons with Disabilities
12:00-12:30
Intermission Number by Mandaluyong City Drum and Lyre
Message by MS. MARY GRACE ADVIENTO, President, Autism Society Philippines
Message by ENGR. ILDEFONSO T. PATDU, JR., Assistant Secretary, Department of Transportation and Communications
Message by HON. SEVERO CATURA, Undersecretary, Presidential Committee on Human Rights
Intermission Number by ILLC Hunks, PAVIC Twin, San Antonio Elementary School SPED Dancing Angels
Closing Remarks by HON. ALICIA R. BALA, Undersecretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Officer-in-Charge, National Council on Disability Affairs
EMCEES: by MS. DANG KOE, Chair Emeritus, Autism Society Philippines, MS. CARMEN ZUBIAGA, President, WOW Leap
MS. KISMETTE CEPE, Member, Autism Society Philippines, MR. ABNER MANLAPAZ, President, Life Haven, Inc.

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Speech and Remarks

Message of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
delivered by Ms. Nanda Krairiksh, Director, Social Development Division United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific at the commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
2 December 2011, Manila

It is thirty years since the United Nations first observed the International Year of Disabled Persons under the theme “Full Participation and Equality”. During that period, there has been significant progress in raising awareness about the rights of persons with disabilities and in strengthening the international normative framework to realize those rights – from the World Programme of Action (1982) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006).

More and more countries are committing to protecting and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities. However, many challenges remain. Persons with disabilities experience higher rates of poverty and deprivation and are twice as likely to lack health care. Employment rates of persons with disabilities in some countries are as low as one-third of that of the overall population. In developing countries, the gap in primary school attendance rates between children with disabilities and others ranges from 10 per cent to 60 per cent.

This multi-dimensional exclusion represents a huge cost, not only to persons with disabilities but to society as a whole. This year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities reminds us that development can only be sustainable when it is equitable, inclusive and accessible for all. Persons with disabilities need therefore to be included at all stages of development processes, from inception to monitoring and evaluation.

Addressing negative attitudes, the lack of services or ready access to them, and other harmful social, economic and cultural barriers will benefit all of society.

On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I call on governments, civil society and the global community to work for and alongside persons with disabilities to achieve inclusive, sustainable and equitable development worldwide.


Closing Remarks by Hon. Alicia R.Bala
Undersecretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development Officer-in-Charge / Executive Director, National Council on Disability Affairs 
“Walk for the Rights of PWDs”
December 2, 2011
Music Hall, SM Mall of Asia

I am deeply honored and privileged to be with all of you, persons with disabilities and partner advocates from our local and international disability communities.

The general theme guiding us in the observance, “Together for a better world for all: including persons with disabilities in development”, draws attention to key areas that would work in synergy to mainstream disability in all development processes. With a number of duty bearers and key stakeholders joining us today in this significant event especially in the “Walk” is a manifest enthusiasm, full support and strong will to promote the cause of persons with disabilities in the country. Make the Right Real!

On behalf of the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the claw of the organization committee all the member-agencies of the national working committee and sub-committees coming from various government agencies, non-government organizations and the sector of persons with disabilities who participated in the series of discussion, planning and implementation of the different activities lined-up for the event, especially the department of the interior and local government who chaired the committee.
I firmly believe that this activity and those that were conducted to highlight the sub-themes recommended by the United Nations, are not one-shot deals as these are envisioned to open new avenues for more collaboration and partnerships among duty bearers, claim holders and other stakeholders.

On behalf of the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), let me again express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who made this year’s observance of our “International Day of Persons with Disabilities” truly a big success. To our friends from the Asia- Pacific Region the United Nations ESCAP, and the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD), I hope you enjoyed your stay in our country and learned a thing or two about us. And to all of you – the advocates of persons with disabilities, especially, I hope your experience of coming over here serves as an inspiration for the many things that we can all do together for a better world for persons with disabilities.

Godspeed and more power to all Filipinos with disabilities, including all citizens with disabilities in the Asia Pacific Region.

Thank you.



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caption: more than 3,000 people participated in the event
caption: vendors in the mall of asia joined the campaign
caption: Youth representatives marched to "Make the Right Real!"
caption: singning performance by the members of the autism society of the phillipnes
caption: persons with disablities from all corners of the philippines actively participated in various activies of the event
caption: wheelchare dancing perormed by TNH Members