DRPI Asia Pacific Regional Disability Rights Monitoring Training

Press Release - July 4 to July 10, 2011, Bangkok, Thailand

The DRPI Asia-Pacific Regional Training Workshop runs from July 4 to July 10, 2011. The workshop will take place in Bangkok, Thailand and is hosted by the DRPI Asia-Pacific Regional Centre which is based in the offices of Disabled Peoples' International - Asia Pacific Region (DPI/AP).

Representatives of organizations of persons with disabilities from 5 countries in the Asia Pacific region (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal and Bangladesh) will participate in this workshop to develop capacity in monitoring the human rights situation of persons with disabilities and report on the information collected.  Monitors from DRPI projects in the Philippines (Lauro Purcil) and New Zealand (Nathan Bond) will be among the facilitators, sharing their experiences monitoring disability rights in their countries. Additional information about the training can be accessed through the following links:

• Preliminary report from the regional training.
• Speech by Patrik Andersson, Chief, Social Integration Section, Social Development Division, UNESCAP.
• Address by Ms. Kingkaew Inwang from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Government of Thailand