The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the vulnerability of persons with disabilities and underscored the importance of access to information and knowledge as a key determinant of health, human development and a life with dignity. Lack of such access creates significant barriers for persons with disabilities across the world both at emergency and ordinary times, leading to exclusion, poverty and leaving them behind.
In partnership with governments and the disability community, UNDP has been supporting select countries in Asia to improve access to books and other published works for persons with print disabilities through the ratification of/accession to the international treaty called “the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled,” or the Marrakesh Treaty.
