The European conference on Monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in practice brought together more than 200 individuals from the disability movement all around Europe, the Croatian authorities, as well as representatives of European organisation and the Commission. Organised by EDF in cooperation with its Croatian members, […]
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DRPI launches Accessible Elections report from Serbia
Center for Society Orientation – COD launches new report: Accessible Elections – participation of persons with disabilities in public and political life.
New report: Inclusion in Vietnam: An intersectionality perspective on girls with disabilities and education
The journal Childhood has published an article titled Inclusion in Vietnam: An intersectionality perspective on girls with disabilities and education. Click here to read the report on the journal’s website.
March 24, 2014
DRPI congratulates Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Somity – A Disabled Organization for All on receiving recognition from Department of State of United States for its work in the disability field.
December 3, 2013
National Federation of the Disabled – Nepal is pleased to inform you all that, during the commemoration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities (2013) we are going to release the DRPI Country Monitoring Holistic Report. In the course of commemoration of the day, a mass rally of around 3000 persons including Minister of women, children […]
November 30, 2013
A new report by the Health Council of Canada says that governments must make a greater effort to collaborate to improve health care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis seniors. The report – Canada’s most vulnerable: Improving health care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis seniors, shows they often do not receive the same level of health […]
November 18, 2013
November 22 and 23, San Salvador, El Salvador – Balcher Building. More than 50 persons with different types of disabilities will participate in a workshop – Learning about our Rights. People from across the country will 2 day workshop that will focus on human rights, social participation and monitoring issues. Participants will leave with extensive […]
November 18, 2013
The efforts of a Winnipeg woman to help Aboriginal people with disabilities access training, education and employment were officially recognized at an awards ceremony held Oct. 13. Frances Sinclair was one of seven recipients of Manitoba Access Achievement Awards, sponsored by the Province of Manitoba and the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities. Read about it […]
October 21, 2013
The 28th World Habitat Day was held on October 7, 2013 in Bangkok. Since 1986, the first Monday of October has been globally designated for a reflection on the state of our cities and to remind ourselves of the basic right to adequate shelter. And for the first time in history, the majority of the world […]
October 21, 2013
A report on the Human Rights of Disabled People in Aotearoa New Zealand is an internal monitoring study of the Human Rights of people with disabilities in Aotearoa New Zealand since the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2008.