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  • April 18, 2012:

    The DRPI Nepal Country Training was launched April 18, 2012 during a seven-day training for monitors in Kathmandu, Nepal. The project is led by the National Federation of the Disabled Nepal with support from the DRPI Asia Pacific Regional Office.
  • April 5, 2012:

    From April 13th to 15th Argentina and Perú will be central part of the CRPD committee in Geneva. Both countries have ratified the CRPD and it is now time to check the implementation of this important tool. DRPI Latin American regional officer, José Viera, will be participating in this process in the evaluation of Argentina. José will be writing short reports from this important meeting, which will be posted here on the DRPI website.
  • April 5, 2012:

    The DRPI Montenegro Country Monitoring Project was launched on January 30th, 2012, during a seven-day training for project monitors in Budva, Montenegro. The project is led by the Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro, with the support of the DRPI Europe Regional Centre.
  • March 31, 2012:

    The DRPI Latin American Regional Training Workshop took place from  March 3rd to 8th in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The workshop, which aimed to develop capacity in monitoring the human rights situation of persons with disabilities was hosted by the DRPI Latin American Regional Center, based in the offices of Fundación Rumbos and partnered with Red por los derechos de las personas con discapacidad and Red Latinoamericana de organizaciones no guvernamentales de personas con discapacidad y sus familias. Please check back soon for reports from this training.
  • March 10, 2012:

    People following DRPI on Twitter will now receive notifications whenever new headlines are posted to the DRPI website.
  • November 6, 2011:

    Disabled Peoples' International has announced the appointment of their new international Executive Officers. View a list of DPI's new executive officers.
  • November 6, 2011:

    DRPI is excited to announce that José Viera has joined the team as the Regional Officer for Latin America. Read more about José Viera here.
  • October 18, 2011:

    DRPI Canada and the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities co-facilitate a research launch for DRPI Canada's Vancouver chapter.
  • October 6, 2011:

    DRPI Regional Officer for Africa, Oswald Tuyizere, recently presented at a report on the implementation of the Kigali Declaration, especially persons with disabilities
  • October 3, 2011:

    DRPI Regional Officer for Africa, Oswald Tuyizere, recently presented at a workshop on how the Government of Rwanda could create a barrier-free environment for all Rwandans, especially persons with disabilities.

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