Each year around the world, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8.
Hundreds of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women.
Organisations, governments and women’s groups around the world choose different themes each year that reflect global and local gender issues.
Some years [...]
Welcome to the ADDC Bulletin Update. Generic disability and domestic information will be included in our Bulletins when possible as part of our commitment to disability advocacy and strengthening partnerships: however our focus remains on disability & development issues.
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.
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.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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