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Diane Kingston OBE

Diane KingstonOBE(formerly Diane Mulligan), is a human rights defender and international development specialist.[1][2]She is the Global Technical Lead for Disability Rights and EqualitiesSightsavers[3]and a volunteer forShout- the mental health crisis text service

Early life

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Kingston was born on 4 October 1966 and brought up inBarnstaple,North Devon.[2]She left school with few qualifications, a fact attributed to undiagnoseddyslexia,[4]but was accepted as a mature student atQueen's University, Belfast.She graduated in 1995 with First Class honours inWomen's Studiesand went on to get a master's degree in Science and Technology Policy from theScience and Policy Research Unitat the University of Sussex.[5]

International development

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Kingston has worked onsocial justiceissues all her life, in particular relating tointernational developmentandhuman rights.She worked at theInstitute of Development Studies(IDS) as a research officer[6]before becoming the joint Country Director ofVSOIndonesia.[7]The loss of a leg in a road traffic accident in Indonesia[8]led to relocation to the UK. Kingston then became the global disability advisor forSightsavers,[9]where she co-authored policy briefs on theMillennium Development Goals(MDGs) and people with disabilities,[10]and disability andsocial inclusion.[11]From 2011 to 2017, Kingston was the Deputy Director of Advocacy and Alliances for CBM, a Christian international development organisation. She was the lead author of CBM's position paper on thepost-MDG global framework,[12]co-editor of its 2030 development goals publication[13]and author of their infographic showing the relationship between disability rights and theSustainable Development Goals.[14]From 2017 to 2019, Kingston was the senior advisor for policy and government affairs atFrontline AIDS.[15]In 2019, she authored their publication on linking HIV to the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights.[16]Kingston was a member of the UK’sDepartment for International Development(DFID) Independent Reference Group on tackling sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment.,[17]between 2019-2021 and was a non-executive director of the board ofDevelopment Initiativesfrom 2019-2021

Disability rights

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Kingston became engaged in the national disability arena in the UK from 2006 after her return from Indonesia. Notable achievements in this field have included serving on the Disability Committee of the UK'sEquality and Human Rights Commission[18](EHRC) and membership of Equality 2025,[19]formerly the UK advisory group to Government for disability equality.

She is a former Co-Chair of the United Nations task group for theInternational Disability and Development Consortium[20]and Chair of the Disability and Development Group ofBOND,the UK membership body for organisations working in international development.[21]She supported Go ON Gold, which was a national campaign to raise awareness about the barriers faced by disabled people inaccessingcomputersand theinternet.[22]Kingston was appointed an OBE in the2010 New Year Honoursfor services to disabled people and toequal opportunities.[1]

In 2012 Kingston became the UK elected member of the Expert Committee for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,[23]she served as a UN Expert for a four-year term, including two years as an elected vice-Chairperson. She participated in both the Committee's working group on women and girls with disabilities (Article 6) producing itsGeneral Comment,and the communications and inquiries working group.[24]In November 2017, Kingston was a member of an International Review Committee (IRC) invited by the government of Taiwan, to review its initial report on the implementation of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities outside of the UN system[1][25]

Since 2021 Kingston has been a member of theForeign and Commonwealth and Development Office's External Disability Board

Work in the health sector

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From 2007-2011, Kingston was a member of theWorld Health Organization'sAdvisory Board forCommunity-based Rehabilitation(CBR), she was the lead author of that organisation's CBR guidelines component on education.[26]From 2006 to 2007, she served on theBritish Medical Association'sPatient Liaison Group and Equal Opportunities Committee, and had advisory input into two publications:Disability in the Medical Profession(2007)[27]andDisability Equality within Healthcare: the role of healthcare professionals(2007).[28] Kingston has a particular interest in ADHD. From 2006-2008 she was a member of theNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence'sGuideline Development Group[29]on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.[30]

Other advocacy work

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Kingston is an official supporter of theGlobal Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment of Children[31]and has campaigned for a change in thelawto allow UKMembers of Parliamenttojob shareto enable more people from under-represented groups to stand forParliament.[32]Since 2017 she has been a Human Rights Advisor to Dementia Alliance International[33]

Academic work

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Kingston has been a guest lecturer on disability and international development atUniversity College London.[34]She is a member of the International Disabled People Advisory Committee ofPENDAat theLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.[35]and has been a guest lecturer on their Global Disability and Health study unit.[36]

Key publications

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  • Julian Eaton, Aleisha Carroll, Nathaniel Scherer, Lucy Daniel, Michael Njenga, Charlene Sunkel, Kirsty Thompson, Diane Kingston, Gulshan Ara Khanom, and Sean Dryer 'Accountability for the Rights of People with Psychosocial Disabilities: An Assessment of Country Reports for the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities'https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2469/2021/06/Dryer.pdf
  • Kingston, D. (2017) ‘Can the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) be achieved without addressing disability rights?’.Disability and the Global SouthVol. 4 No. 1. Open Access.[37]

• Miles, S., Fefoame, G O., Mulligan, D. & Haque, Z. (2012) 'Education for diversity: the role of networking in resisting disabled people's marginalisation in Bangladesh'.Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International EducationRoutledge.

• Wickenden, M., Mulligan, D., Fefoame, G.O. & Katende, P. (2012) 'Stakeholder consultations on community-based rehabilitation guidelines in Ghana and Uganda',African Journal of Disability1(1) Article #1.

• Mulligan, D, & Barclay, H. (2009) 'Tackling violence against women – lessons for efforts to tackle other forms of targeted violence',Safer Communities,Pier Professional, Hove, UK.

• Howell, J. & Mulligan, D. (eds.) (2005)Gender and Civil Society: Transcending Boundaries,Routledge, London.

• Mulligan, D. 'The discourse of Dangdut: gender and civil society in Indonesia' in Howell, J. & Mulligan, D.(2005)Gender and Civil Society: Transcending Boundaries,Routledge, London.

References

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  1. ^ab'New Year Honours List',The Guardian,31 December 2009
  2. ^ab'North Devon’s New Year Honours',Express and Echo,31 December 2009Archived24 September 2015 at theWayback Machine
  3. ^Sightsavers Blog
  4. ^'Diane Mulligan OBE – Podcast Pioneer',Headstar E-Access Bulletin, 7 December 2010
  5. ^CBM website
  6. ^'New Year Honours List',IDS, 7 January 2010Archived24 December 2014 at theWayback Machine
  7. ^The National Archives
  8. ^'Seaford mum receives new year’s honour',Eastbourne Herald,6 January 2010
  9. ^'Why is disability a development issue',UNA-UK New World,14 March 2012
  10. ^Mulligan, D. & Gooding, K. (2009)The Millennium Development Goals and People with Disabilities,Sightsavers Policy Briefing
  11. ^Mulligan, D. & Martin, V. (2010)Sightsavers, Disability and Social Inclusion: Questions and Answers,Sightsavers Briefing
  12. ^Mulligan, D. (2012)CBM position paper on the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) global framework
  13. ^"Dialogues on Sustainable Development: A Disability-Inclusive Perspective, CBM Briefing July 2015"
  14. ^CBM: SDG-CRPD Infographic
  15. ^http://www.frontlineaids.org/blog/993-lgbt-rights-from-cloaks-of-invisibility-to-cloaks-of-identityFrontline AIDS Blog
  16. ^https://frontlineaids.org/resources/hiv-beyond-goal-3/HIV beyond goal 3
  17. ^http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/international-development-committee/sexual-exploitation-and-abuse-in-the-aid-sector-followup/written/102812.htmlDepartment for International Development Annex A
  18. ^Joint Select Committee,The implementation of right of disabled people to independent living, 14 June 2011
  19. ^'Department for Work and Pensions: Appointment of member to Equality 2025',UK Government press release, 26 March 2010
  20. ^'Go ON Gold Supporter Diane Mulligan Elected to UN Committee',Headstar E-Access Bulletin, 31 October 2012
  21. ^'Bond members recognised in New Years Honours',Bond website, 4 January 2010
  22. ^"Go ON Gold: Diane Mulligan OBE".YouTube.
  23. ^http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/Elections2012.aspxOHCHR website
  24. ^Report of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on its ninth session,15–19 April 2013 pp6
  25. ^Taipei Times
  26. ^Community-based rehabilitation guidelines:CBR Guidelines, WHO, 2010
  27. ^"Disability in the Medical Profession,BMA, 2007 ".Archived fromthe originalon 11 November 2014.Retrieved11 November2014.
  28. ^Disability Equality within Healthcare: the role of healthcare professionals,BMA, 2007
  29. ^https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53674/NICE GDG ADHD
  30. ^Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: diagnosis and management of ADHD in children, young people and adults,NICE guidelines, 2008
  31. ^"Home".endcorporalpunishment.org.
  32. ^'Job share to make MPs representative',letter inThe Guardian,25 September 2012
  33. ^https://www.dementiaallianceinternational.org/tag/diane-kingston-obe/Dementia Alliance International
  34. ^"UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences Bulletin,6 September 2010 ".Archived fromthe originalon 19 December 2014.Retrieved11 November2014.
  35. ^"Home".
  36. ^"LSHTM website".Archived fromthe originalon 16 June 2015.Retrieved10 April2015.
  37. ^Disability and the Global South Journal; Special issue: Disability in the Sustainable Development Goals: Critical Reflections
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