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Podcast: ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog
Episode: COVID-19 and its impact on persons with disabilities
Description: Jess Markt, ICRC Disability Sport & Inclusion Advisor, is an internationally-acclaimed wheelchair basketball coach who has travelled across the world to help the ICRC train and establish new players and teams — including in India, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Palestine, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Syria, among others. The success of this inspiring work is testimony to the difference the opportunity to play sports can make in the lives of persons with disabilities and to the way society views them. In this blog, Markt underscores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of persons with disabilities. He elucidates the setbacks it...