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Siyanda Database for Articles, Publications on Gender, Disability Rights
By Andrea Shettle, MSW | December 7, 2008
Researchers, international development professionals, and disability rights advocates who have an interest in gender issues may wish to explore the many gender-related publications at http://www.siyanda.org/.
The Siyanda database offers a wide range of articles and other publications related to gender and international development. Many are in English, but some materials are also available in other languages. At this time, the database does not seem to contain any articles on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). However, this could change over time: an increasing number of countries has been ratifying the CRPD (more than 40 so far), and this means more papers should be written about this topic in the future.
Try a keyword search for words such as "disabilities" and "disabled" (note that each of these words brings up a slightly different set of results). Or try more specific key words such as "blind" or "mental illness." The Siyanda data has some articles related to disability rights advocacy in various countries around the world.
(Side note: the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry prefers the term "people with psychosocial disabilities." However, many existing publications continue to use other terms such as "mental illness.")
Siyanda also has a database of experts and consultants. Three names turned up when I tried plugging in the search term "disabilities."
Authors will want to submit their own publications to the Siyanda database. This could be an opportunity to bring attention to publication you have written about gender and the CRPD.
Start exploring at: http://www.siyanda.org/.
A modified version of this article also has been cross-posted at We Can Do.
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