ADDC extends its heartfelt sympathy to those affected and requests your support to the many agencies that are collecting funds to provide essential humanitarian relief aid to Haiti. It is during situations like this and the tsunamis that devastated the Pacific region, that we remind you of the dire circumstances that often face people with disabilities who live in these areas.
Friday, November 27, 2009
The European Community has just ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Unprecedented step forward for the first human rights treaty ratified in the history of Europe and a great signal sent to all EU Members States. It is the first major Human Rights treaty of the 21st century and the fastest to have been ratified...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The papers and case studies in this journal begin to address this lack of information and understanding of the relationship between disability and development, and in particular the inter-relationship between disability and poverty. They also highlight recent, dramatic changes in development assistance policy in the Pacific and Asia and provide first-hand experience of community, national, regional and international initiatives.
Mon, Feb 8, 2010
The two-day conference and one-day action-based roundtable in Darwin, Australia seeks practical ways for people with disabilities in the Asia Pacific region and Australian Aboriginal communities to best fulfill their human rights.
Tue, Jan 19, 2010
With so many people killed, so many buildings destroyed, so much wealth and infrastructure lost, there will, however, be invisible injuries too — to the psyches of the survivors. Emotional wounds may be the slowest to develop, but they can also be among the toughest to heal.
Tue, Jan 19, 2010
Generic disability and domestic information will be included in our Newsletters when possible as part of our commitment to disability advocacy and strengthening partnerships: however our focus remains on disability & development issues.
Wed, Dec 2, 2009
We asked people what this annual day means to them….”It’s a day to celebrate the work of Disabled People’s Organisations in developing countries that are working hard to remind governments that people with disabilities have the same rights to access work, school, church and social and community life as everybody else.”
Monday, January 18, 2010
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