UNESCO global report – opening new avenues for empowerment – ICTs to access information and knowledge for persons with disabilities

This Report builds on five regional reports commissioned by UNESCO to look at the use of ICTs to access information and knowledge by people with disabilities (PWD). Section 1 sets the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), and the extent to which the Convention has been adopted since 2006 and has stimulated g