DRPI Hub: Holistic Rights Monitoring Online – Launch Webinar YOU CAN ACCESS THE RECORDED WEBINAR HERE (You will be asked to register to access the video) Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI) has been working for 12 years to highlight the importance of monitoring disability rights using a participatory, holistic method. The monitoring is designed for […]
Author: Tammy Bernasky
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 […]
Powerpoint Presentation on Lessons Learned From the DRPI AWARE Project
Here you will find a presentation on Lessons Learned from the Asian Workplace Approach that Respects Equality (AWARE) project – a collaborative five-year project to increase employment for men and women with disabilities in India, Nepal and Bangladesh by working with employers and job seekers with disabilities.
Onus Group Hires Workers with Disabilities in Bangladesh
Onus Group, a leading RMG conglomerate, has recruited 9 persons with disabilities in the company with a view to creating opportunities for them to earn a decent living and contribute to the economy. BGMEA President Md. Siddiqur Rahman handed over appointment letters to them in presence of Onus Group Managing Director and First Vice President […]
Upcoming Webinars – Download the Flyers Now!
We are currently planning two upcoming webinars. Download our flyers for further information. Webinar about our DRPI Hub: Holistic Rights Monitoring Online! Download a PDF version of our DRPI Hub Flyer Here Download a Word version of our DRPI Hub Flyer Here 2. Webinar to discuss our People’s Indicators Paper which will be available in July! Download a PDF […]
MRGD Workshop at the Coady International Institute
In November, 2015, Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen spent an afternoon at the Coady International Institute leading a workshop on the Monitoring Educational Rights for Girls with Disabilities project in Vietnam and its use of participatory visual methodologies. The day included a discussion of the politics of engagement fostered by the project and a presentation and […]
Rajive Raturi Receives Limca Book of Records Person of the Year Award
DRPI Asia Pacific Regional Officer, Mr. Rajive Raturi is among 15 persons with disabilities to receive the Limca Book of Records Person of the Year 2016 Award from the Limca Book of Records on April 14, 2016. This year’s awards specifically recognize the contributions of persons with disabilities. The awards were presented in an award ceremony at the Habitat […]
Manila: DRPI Asia Pacific Regional Online Platform Training, 7-10 April
DRPI’s Regional Training for DPOs in the Asia Pacific will be held in Manila, The Philippines, from April 7-10, 2016. The training will test the use of DRPI’s online learning platform and tools for disability rights monitoring. We are pleased to offer this training in partnership with the Asian Blind Union and to be hosted […]
Disability Rights Monitoring in Africa Mailing Listserv and Discussion Forum Created
A Mailing Listserv and Discussion Forum of ‘Disability Rights Monitoring in Africa’has been created as a result of the Africa Regional Training on Monitoring Disability Rights through an Online Methodology, held in Pretoria, South Africa from 26th-29th February 2016. Organized by the Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI), in collaboration with the Africa Disability Alliance (ADA), […]