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UN Report on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism

3rd March 2018 by Global Disability Watch

The report written by the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ms. Ikponwosa Ero, has just been published. While the report addresses in large the right to health, it also tackles more established and urgent concerns including the much reported attacks on people with albinism, human rights violations and discrimination. The […]

Filed Under: Africa, Reports Tagged With: Albinism, UN report

Canada’s first federal disability law- gaps and ways forward

7th December 2017 by Aimee Louw

A national policy process in Canada is in it’s initial stages to produce federal accessibility legislation. Only 5 provinces/territories have accessibility legislation in Canada. The policy process to date, consists of private and public consultations, an online survey for the public, and online outreach to the public, offering ways for the public to provide input. […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Canada, Disability Law, Federeal Disability Law

Violencia sexual contra mujeres indígenas sordas en Guatemala

21st April 2017 by Global Disability Watch

  El tipo de discapacidad, la ubicación, la devaluación cultural y la capacidad de resistir, afecta la vida de las mujeres con discapacidad y no solo eso, sino que también sufren el impacto de la violencia. El director de Global Disabilty Watch, Shaun Grech, informó acerca de un preocupante patrón de violencia y abuso sexual […]

Filed Under: Latin America, Reports Tagged With: Genero, Guatemala, Sordera, Violencia Sexual

Sexual violence on indigenous deaf women in Guatemala

14th February 2017 by Global Disability Watch

The type of impairment, location, cultural devaluation and ability to resist, impinge on disabled women’s experiences. They also impact the violence they face.  Global Disability Watch director Shaun Grech, reports a worrying pattern of sexual violence and rape among young deaf women in some rural indigenous areas of Guatemala. Commenting on his recent publication, Disability and […]

Filed Under: Latin America, Reports Tagged With: Deafness, disability, Guatemala, Indigenous women, Latin America, Sexual Violence, Violence

94 patients with mental health problems die in concentration camp-style centers in South Africa

6th February 2017 by Global Disability Watch

94 persons with mental health problems in ‘care’ die in irregular centers sparking criticism of a deadly health care system A government report estimates that at least 94 patients with mental health problems died in South Africa of dehydration, diarrhoea and pneumonia after a cost-cutting exercise that saw patients moved to unlicenced and unequipped profit-seeking ‘facilities’compared […]

Filed Under: Africa, Reports Tagged With: Gauteng, Mentally Ill, South Africa

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  1. Discrimination and Violence Against Children With Albinism in Cameroon
  2. Albinism: Report on Investigative Mission on the Situation of Children with Albinism in Temporary Holding Shelters - Tanzania
  3. Research Toolkit for Disabled People’s Organisations: How to undertake and use applied research, LCI London
  4. Equal Access Monitor: Handicap International. Feb 2016
  5. Disability and Rehabilitation Services in Nagaland
  6. Disability & Rehabilitation in the North East of India: working paper

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