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Canada’s dismal treatment of disabled immigrants or ‘how to build a disability-free country’

14th November 2016 by Global Disability Watch

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by Natalie Spagnuolo & Hadayt Nazami* On April 5th, 2016, a lively community discussion on Canada’s immigration system took place in Toronto, Ontario. Participants from immigrant and disability communities were outraged with Canada’s practice of denying residency to persons with disabilities and members of their families. Many of those present were already acquainted with Canada’s […]

Filed Under: Disability and Migration, Reports Tagged With: Canada, Immigration, Visas

Poverty, migration and disability in India: from challenges to change

6th October 2016 by Global Disability Watch

People with visual impairment crossing the railway track in India

By Shikha Gupta & Atul Jaiswal Globally, approximately 285 million people of the world’s population live with visual impairment, out of which 39 million are blind. In India, there are around 62 million people with visual impairment, of who which 8 million are blind and 54 million with low vision. India is home to the world’s […]

Filed Under: Asia, Write Inside Tagged With: India, Migration, Poverty, Vangani train station

Statement by UN Independent Expert on enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism

16th September 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Photo of Ikponwosa Ero

Original Source: United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner The following is the Statement by the United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ms. Ikponwosa Ero, upon conclusion of her official visit to Mozambique – 21 August to 3 September, 2016 Upon the invitation of the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Policy Watch Tagged With: Albinsim, Mozambique, UN

Disability inclusive education in Indonesian Islamic education institutions

6th September 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Islamic School

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 […]

Filed Under: Asia, Write Inside Tagged With: Disability Inclusive Education, Indonesia, Islamic Education

UNCRPD Committee urges Guatemala to abolish institutionalization of all children

4th September 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Logo with words Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Published by Disability Rights International Go to Original Source Washington, DC, Guatemala City – September 2, 2016 –  The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) has issued its Concluding Observations to the State of Guatemala. Based on Disability Rights International’s (DRI) reporting, the CRPD Committee has urged Guatemala to […]

Filed Under: Latin America, Policy Watch Tagged With: Disabled Children, Guatemala, Institutionalization, UNCRPD

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