Holistic participatory disability rights monitoring methodology: a pathway towards effective reporting strategies Date: 25 August 2015 Time: 1:15pm – 2:45pm Venue: Room TBD, Palais Wilson, Geneva Organizers: Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI) Co-sponsors: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and York University, Toronto, Canada Subject: Invitation to side-event We are pleased to invite you to […]
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Disability and Intersectionality Conference: York University – 26 September 2015
The Critical Disability Studies Student Association is happy to announce that it will be hosting the 10th annual interdisciplinary graduate student conference on Saturday, 26 September 2015 at York University in Toronto. View the preliminary program.
Persons with Disabilities Dialogues – Survey
Introduction According to the World Health Organization, 15% of the world population lives with a disability[1] including 93 million of children. In the context of emergency, field experience and observations indicate that persons with disabilities are often neglected in the contingency planning, assessment, design and delivery of humanitarian relief. In addition, people with disabilities are rarely […]
2.08 crore households in India have disabled persons: Census
As many as 2.08 crore households in the country have differently-abled persons constituting 8.3 per cent of the total homes, the 2001-11 Census data said today. According to the 2011 data released by Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India today, out of the total households having disabled persons, about 99 per cent homes are […]
Jakarta: Legal system failing women with disabilities
Women’s Legal Aid (LBH APIK) has called for an improvement in regulations to assist women with disabilities in navigating the legal system, citing insufficient provisions for these women’s needs in the legal process. The organization noted that women with a disability often faced legal difficulties as their testimonies were often deemed unreliable as the necessary […]
Fast Facts on Mothering and DisAbility
This year on Mother’s Day DAWN-RAFH Canada, in collaboration with Guelph University’s Centre for Families, Work and Well Being released Fast Facts on Mothering and DisAbility, the first in a series of pieces designed to raise awareness of the many issues and barriers that mothers with disabilities and Deaf mothers face. On Sunday, Huffington Post […]
Parliament Panel Bats For Setting Up of Disability Rights Tribunal
Batting for a Disability Rights Tribunal, a parliamentary panel has recommended increased penalty for offences against persons with disabilities, and suggested bringing “long term” diseases including diabetes Type-I, kidney failure and blood cancer, besides dwarfism, under the bracket of disabilities. The Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment, which went into the Right of Persons […]
House panel for expanding disability ‘bracket’
NEW DELHI: Supporting the establishment of a Disability Rights Tribunal, a parliamentary panel has recommended increased penalty for offences against persons with disabilities, and suggested bringing “long term” diseases, including diabetes Type-I, kidney failure and blood cancer besides dwarfism, under the bracket of disabilities. The Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment, which examined the […]
DRPI Regional Officer OP-ED: People with disabilities as an invisible workforce potential
According to the latest EU data, there is still a 26% difference in employment rates for persons with and without disabilities across the EU[1]. This is 30 percentage points lower than the Europe 2020 target of 75%[2] employment for persons with disabilities. Author: Rados Keravica Instead of being passive recipients of social benefits and objects of […]
DRPI Regional Officer OP-ED: Towards community-based social services
The transition to a community-based care system based on a wide range of social services for people with disabilities has been stalled in a number of countries due to austerity measures undertaken in light of the economic crisis. Author: Radoš Keravica Bringing your own life decisions, managing your money, choosing where you are going to […]