Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GCDI) has been conducting a webinar series titled ‘From Words to Practice’ aiming to unpack the chapters of the UN Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies. As part of the webinar series, Transforming Communities for Inclusion (TCI Global), organized a thematic workshop (session 5) which focused on chapter VII of the Guidelines titled ‘Access to mainstream services on an equal basis with others’. The webinar took place on September 19, 2024 (Thursday).
The webinar included voices of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations along with civil society representatives and shed light on the relevance of these services along with discussing some good practice examples from their regions/communities.