Reverend Stanley Mensah, Deputy General Overseer of the Charismatic Evangelistic Ministry (CEM) has called on government to build facilities … [Read More...]
Write Inside
Ghana: I dream of the day that children with cerebral palsy can have opportunities
I recently had an opportunity to talk to a pastor of a well-known church in Ghana about cerebral palsy (CP). The church is known for organising charity events for people with disability, including free medical screening. Nevertheless, when it comes to CP as an issue, knowledge as it seems remains lacking. As we talked, he would […]
Disability inclusive education in Indonesian Islamic education institutions
WRITE INSIDE: Critical Perspectives Article by: Dina Afrianty (Australian Catholic University) & Karen Soldatic (Western Sydney University) Contrary to popular Western belief, the Indonesia Islamic education system and its schooling institutions have remained an important counter institution to processes of colonisation, while adopting elements of western education system. Emerging in the late nineteenth century in […]
Disability and Development
Election leaves UN disability committee with 17 men and just one woman
Published by Disability News Service John Pring, June 23, 2016. Go to Original Source Disabled activists are calling on the UN to take action … [Read More...]
Disability in the SDGs: call for celebration?
The exclusion of disability from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the eight goals guiding the development agenda for the past 15 years was a … [Read More...]
Policy Watch
Statement by UN Independent Expert on enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Original Source: United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner The following is the Statement by the United Nations … [Read More...]
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Humanitarian & Migration
My last chance: the story of Qusai, a disabled Syrian refugee
Published by JRS Europe Author: Danielle Vella Go to Original Source Refugees who face a terrifying journey to seek life over death deserve … [Read More...]