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India: Reforms and disabled people

4th August 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Javed Abidi. Photo: Special Arrangement

Published by The Hindu Author: Javed Abidi Date: August 4, 2016 Go to Original Source The history of codification of the rights of the disabled coincides with the era of reforms. Any assessment of the economic reforms of the past 25 years could well do with some understanding of their impact on people with disabilities in […]

Filed Under: Asia, News Tagged With: India, Reforms, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

My last chance: the story of Qusai, a disabled Syrian refugee

9th July 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Qusai recovering in bed. Photo credit: Darrin Zammit Lupi/JRS Europe)

Published by JRS Europe Author: Danielle Vella Go to Original Source Refugees who face a terrifying journey to seek life over death deserve praise for their courage. This came to me powerfully in recent weeks when I met so many travelling the Balkan route to find asylum in Europe. And especially when I listened to […]

Filed Under: Disability and Migration, Middle East Tagged With: Migration, Refugees, Syria

Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian with down’s syndrome and flee

8th July 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Arif Jaradat.Tomer Appelbaum (reproduction)

Online paper Haretz claims that Arif Jaradat, 23, a man with down’s syndrome was recently shot by Israeli troops. Jaradat, a man described as one ‘loved by all the children in his village’ died of his injuries last week. GDW has no means of confirming the story. Below is the original story. Go to Original […]

Filed Under: Middle East, News Tagged With: Downs Syndrome, Israeli Forces, Palestine

Pakistan: NDF and USAID launch women’s empowerment project

7th July 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Nawabshah, Pakistan: 01st July 2016: The National Disability & Development Forum (NDF) recently announced a new project called ‘Empowering Women with Disabilities through Skills Development’. The project, coordinated and run by NDF is funded by the USAID Small Grants Ambassador Fund Programme. Mr. Abid Lashari, president of NDF speaking during the launch ceremony, said that […]

Filed Under: Asia, Field Pulse Tagged With: Pakistan, Women Empowerment

Albinism in Burundi: new report submitted to UN Committee Against Torture

7th July 2016 by Global Disability Watch

blood in water

A new report has just been published by the international organisation Under the Same Sun addressing the torture of people with albinism in Burundi. The report has been submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture, Session 58. People with albinism in Burundi regularly face torture. They are ritually hunted, attacked and murdered. Limbs and digits […]

Filed Under: Africa, Reports Tagged With: Albinism, Burundi, Torture

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