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VOSAP at UN: Empower specially abled, innovate policies
Desai claimed a potential economic contribution of 1 trillion from the disability sector to India by 2047.
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Staff Reporter
- Thu, 12, Jun 2025
- 01:14 EDT
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VOSAP founder Pranav Desai spoke at UN hosted Civil Society CRPD Forum / VOSAP
Voice of Specially Abled People (VOSAP) founder Pranav Desai called for urgent action and inclusion of differently abled groups on July 9 at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Representing the global disability community, he spoke at the Civil Society CRPD Forum, organized under the framework of the 18th Conference of States Parties (COSP18) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Desai’s address was a part of the session titled ‘Empowering Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Social Development Policies through Innovative Financing.’
The session explored transformative approaches to financing that uplift persons with disabilities (PwDs) worldwide.
Desai highlighted the financial value of inclusion and claimed a potential economic contribution of 1 trillion from the disability sector to India by 2047.
He added, “if you have to extrapolate that for the whole world, there are trillions of dollars that are untapped economic opportunities that the world has yet to realize. But for that, we need to harness the ability of people with disability.”
He completed his address with a call for urgent action and said, “Let's transform, move forward from conversation to action together.”
Desai highlighted VOSAP’s financing initiatives and sustainable policies aimed at accelerating the UN SDGs, urging bolder public-private partnerships, and advocating for technology-driven, policy-backed solutions to close the disability inclusion gap.
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