CRPD Blog Swarm!
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008RatifyNow has been informed that Jordan ratified the international disabilities rights treaty, called the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) yesterday, March 31, 2008.
Regular RatifyNow readers will know that the CRPD is the first international legally binding human rights instrument to protect people with disabilities. It protects the rights […]
RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008!
Saturday, March 29th, 2008Welcome to the RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008!
For this event, writers and bloggers around the world wrote a collection of blog posts to help celebrate and promote the international disability rights treaty, called the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The CRPD is the first international legally binding human rights instrument to […]
My Personal Goals for Justice for All
Friday, March 28th, 2008by Marlene Chait, Ed.D
Marlene Chait is an active disability rights advocate.
I think of myself as one person act believing that the United States of America (USA) needs to throw the baby out with the bath water. The baby I am referring to is the United States’ endless fragmented disability service-delivery system that seems to disable […]
Personal Assistance Services, Sexual Expression–and the CRPD
Friday, March 28th, 2008By Marlene Chait, Ed.D
Marlene Chait completed her doctorate thesis at George Washington University; some of what she learned is shared here.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) will soon be ratified and celebrated around the world. This huge document offers a blueprint that can change the lives of […]
Happy Anniversary, CRPD!
Friday, March 28th, 2008by Roshni Devi
Roshni Devi is from Fiji. She is also a former participant in the Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability run by Mobility International USA.
Congratulations!!
Its been one year since CRPD. I totally support the CRPD and all the achievements since. And i am very happy for the fruition of CRPD. There’s been alot […]
It’s Not Too Late!
Thursday, March 27th, 2008… To submit your blog post entry for the RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008 celebrating and promoting the international disability rights treaty (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).
Learn more details about the event at
http://ratifynow.org/latest-news/blog-swarm/
If you can submit your blog post between NOW and noon (EST) on Friday, March 28, 2008, then we […]
Celebrating the 1st Anniversary of the International Disability Rights Treaty,
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Celebrating the 1st Anniversary of the International Disability Rights Treaty,
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), on March 30, 2008?
By Jo-An Partridge
Jo-An Partridge is from Australia.
The title is inspiring; in future, equity is the name of the game, no more of the harrowing inequities of the past! Dream on, many of us […]
Sneak Preview for the Upcoming RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008!
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008A few days ago, we had put up this “sneak preview” of the RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008 in order to entice people to come back on March 30th for the real thing. This sneak preview had a sample collection of three blog posts about the CRPD written for the blog swarm.
But now the […]
Aren’t They Rights?…Then, Why Struggle to Enjoy Them?
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008Aren’t They Rights?…Then, Why Struggle to Enjoy Them?
(A Perspective in the CRPD Struggle)
By Lauro Purcil
Lauro Purcil has been involved with the movement to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the Philippines.
It was 1985. The regime of dictatorship was at its twilight.
I was then walking on a pavement towards […]
But I’ve Never Written a Blog! How to Blog the CRPD Anyway
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Blogging Guidelines:
How to Write a Great Blog for the RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008!
Blogging the International Disability Rights Treaty
What’s the RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008?
RatifyNow.org is celebrating the first anniversary of the international disability rights treaty, called the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), by hosting a blog swarm! That means […]