This year’s Zero Project Conference will kick off with an award ceremony for Innovative Practices and Policies 2015 that have advanced Independent Living and Political Participation of persons with disabilities at the United Nations Office in Vienna. A programme at a glance, an updated conference programme as well as a list of speakers can be […]
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Expanding the Circle in Kenora
Kenora Community: Expanding the Circle: Aboriginal People with Disabilities Focus on Rights Project promotes rights of First Nation and Aboriginal people with disabilities. This project aims to promote human rights among First Nations and Aboriginal people with disabilities, to share their stories so that the barriers being faced can be better understood and addressed. This […]
Call for Expressions of Interest – Unfinished Business
We would like to invite First Nation/Aboriginal/Indigenous artists with disability to submit an Expression of Interest in an exhibition, which is proposed to be displayed at the United Nations in New York from December 2015. The works of First Nation/Aboriginal/Indigenous artists with disability will appear alongside and compliment the exhibition ‘Unfinished Business’. Below is a […]
DRPI is hiring work placement coordinators: India, Nepal, Bangladesh
There are three immediate openings for part-time positions for Work Placement Coordinators for Disability Rights Promotion International’s Asian Workplace Approach that Respects Equality (AWARE) project. One position is available in Nepal, one in Bangladesh, and one in India. Please click on the link below to read the detailed job description and learn more information about […]
DRPI is hiring a Bangladesh Work Placement Coordinator – DEADLINE EXTENDED
There is an immediate opening for a part-time position for Bangladesh Work Placement Coordinator for Disability Rights Promotion International’s Asian Workplace Approach that Respects Equality (AWARE) project. DRPI is a collaborative project working to establish a holistic and sustainable global system to monitor the human rights of people with disabilities. DRPI has begun a five-year […]
DRPI is hiring a Nepal Work Placement Coordinator
There is an immediate opening for a part-time position for Nepal Work Placement Coordinator for Disability Rights Promotion International’s Asian Workplace Approach that Respects Equality (AWARE) project. DRPI is a collaborative project working to establish a holistic and sustainable global system to monitor the human rights of people with disabilities. DRPI has begun a five-year […]
DPRI is hiring an India Work Placement Coordinator
There is an immediate opening for a part-time position for India Work Placement Coordinator for Disability Rights Promotion International’s Asian Workplace Approach that Respects Equality (AWARE) project. DRPI is a collaborative project working to establish a holistic and sustainable global system to monitor the human rights of people with disabilities. DRPI has begun a five-year […]
The Disability Intergroup elects new bureau
Strasbourg, 15 January 2015 | The Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament held this morning its first meeting after its re-establishment. During the meeting, the whole Bureau of the Disability Intergroup was elected, and now it consists of 4 co-presidents and 8 vice-presidents. This new structure will allow a broad consensus through which the Disability […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Development
The 53rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD53) will take place from 4-13 February 2015 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The priority theme for the 2015-2016 review and policy cycle will be “Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world”. Read the Report of the Special Rapporteur on Disability to the Commission
3WCDRR Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, 14-18 March 2015, Sendai, Japan
Realizing a disability-inclusive post-2015 disaster risk reduction strategy Key links: Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 3WCDRR, 14-18 March 2015, Sendai, Japan Letter from co-Chairs regarding additional open-ended negotiations on 26-27 January 2015 to continue work on the draft text of the Post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (New) Further Streamlined Text (as negotiated until […]