Negotiating capacity, legally constructed entitlement and protection written by Marcia Rioux , Joan Gilmour and Natalia Angel-Cabo, explores international treaties and guarantees of rights that affect the exercise of legal capacity. It addresses a number of critical areas at the intersection of legal capacity and individuals with multiple and complex needs. In particular, it focuses […]
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2019 International Womens Day
On March 8th 2019, DRPI joins organizations around the world to celebrate International Women’s Day to recognize the achievements and accomplishments of women around the world who challenge the status quo and continue to fight for human rights, social justice, and gender equality. This year’s theme #BalanceforBetter calls for improving the balance to better the world
In Memory of Michael Oliver
It is with great sadness that we share the news of Mike Oliver’s death, a disability rights scholar, activist, and author who was most well known for his contributions to the social model of disability. Michael was an Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich. He has published extensively in the area […]
Women Enabled International Produces Interactive Map to Identify Women’s Disability Rights Activists Around the Globe
As described on the Women Enabled International website, ” Women Enabled International (WEI) received generous funding from an anonymous donor for a Survey Project to foster a greater understanding of human rights advocacy for the rights of women and girls with disabilities, by disabled women ourselves and within the women’s rights and disability rights movements. Through […]
York University student wins mental-health fight
Navi Dhanota knew she needed some help to score top grades in university but this time, she wasn’t prepared to return to a psychiatrist’s chair to get it. She didn’t think any student should have to disclose their private mental-health diagnosis for the privilege of academic accommodations like getting extra time to hand in an […]
11th Annual CDSSA Conference: Crippin’ Canada
11th Annual CDSSA Conference: Crippin’ Canada April 8th, 2016 York University, Toronto York University’s Critical Disability Studies Student Association (CDSSA) is pleased to announce that our eleventh annual conference will be held on Keele campus on April 8th, 2016. The CDSSA invites graduate students, community researchers, and activists to submit proposals by February 1st 2016. This […]
India: Thousands in March to Parliament on 3 December
Around ten thousand disabled persons from various parts of the country took out a March to Parliament on December 3, 2015, coinciding with World Disability Day. Owing allegiance to the affiliates of the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), National Federation of the Blind and the National Association of the Blind apart […]
Advancement of the UN CRPD through the 2030 Agenda No-one Left Behind: Towards Implementation in Latin Americ
Greetings from São Paulo where the International Disability Alliance (IDA), in partnership with the United Nations Partnership to Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD), the São Paulo State Secretariat for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and UNICEF held a three-day regional multistakeholder conference to discuss the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the 2030 Agenda […]
York University launches new Postdoctoral Fellowship program
The Faculty of Graduate Studies at York University has launched a new program aimed at supporting advanced research through funded, one-year postdoctoral research positions. Open to both Canadian and international students, the York Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (YPDF) supports research excellence in all disciplines. In the first phase of the program, 10 fellowships will be awarded […]
GATES Toolkit for Reporting on the CRPD: Key Indicators of Accessibility
This report was prepared by GAATES, with funding provided by “The Delta Centre at the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs”. The objective of the report was to develop a toolkit that identifies key indicators on Universal Design and Accessibility in a national and international context. The toolkit serves to inform States Parties […]