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Human Rights Critical to Surviving Natural Disasters: World Disasters Report 2007

Sometimes, respect for human rights can be a matter of life and death. This fact is often starkly highlighted during and after natural disasters, when discrimination can leave people with disabilities and other minority groups more vulnerable to risk.
The World Disasters Report (2007) examines what happens to various vulnerable groups during disaster situations, particularly […]

Report Reviews Status of Disability Rights in Kenya

A recent publication, entitled “State of Disabled People’s Rights in Kenya (2007) Report,” analyzes national and regional Kenyan legislation on disability; government programs and policies on disability, and case law in disability. The report also presents the results of interviews with disabled people in three selected regions within Kenya about their human rights situation, in […]

Disability Rights Fund Seeks Program Officer

Disability Rights Fund seeks Program Officer
About the position
The Program Officer position offers a unique opportunity to join a groundbreaking grantmaking initiative supporting the rights of persons with disabilities. As a member of a small team, the Program Officer will help shape the Fund as it matures and incorporates the best strategies in funding disability rights […]

Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities

The Innocenti Research Center at UNICEF has released an Innocenti Digest on Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities (PDF format, 875 Kb). The 80-page publication examines the situation of 200 million children with disabilities around the world and identifies ways to promote their human rights.
The digest particularly focuses on two relevant international human […]

Recommendations on Accessible Tourism in Asia and the Pacific

Scott Rains of the Rolling Rains blog informs us that Recommendations have now officially been released from the Second International Conference on Accessible Tourism, held November 22-24, 2007, at the United Nations at Bangkok Thailand. The text is provided both here and at Scott Rains’ blog Scott Rains says of the recommendations, "I hope we […]