Global Disability Watch

Powering Advocacy

  • About
    • Our Team
    • Our Partners
    • Member organisations
  • Resources
    • Literature
    • Videos
    • DGS Journal
    • Events
    • GDW News
  • Contact
  • Regions
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Latin America & Caribbean
    • Middle East
  • Reports
  • Field Pulse
  • Policy Watch
  • News Picks
  • Write Inside
  • Disability & Development

Abid Lashari (Pakistan)

27th February 2016 by Shaun Grech

Abid Lashari is a Development Practitioner from Nawabshah, District Shaheed Benazir Abad, Sindh Pakistan. He was burnt in childhood & lost both his hands. Abid did not lose hope and continued his efforts to get an education, completing his Masters in Sociology & English Literature. Abid is a journalist and has worked in local and national Newspapers. He joined the disability movement in 1999 and put his efforts into the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. He founded a DPO called the National Disability and Development Forum (NDF) where he works as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Abid is also consultant, trainer and expert in disability and has presented papers on numerous occasions. He is committed to represent Pakistan in GDW (Globally Disability Watch) and will share all disability related information and success stories for GDW.

Latest

  • UN Report on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
  • Canada’s first federal disability law- gaps and ways forward
  • Mothers of children with cerebral palsy trained to make APT Chairs
  • Ghanaian mothers of children with cerebral palsy told to ‘seek help’
Tweets by @GlobalDWatch

Publication Monitor

  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

Newsletters

  • August 2016: Lesotho National Federation of the Disabled

Follow us

Join our mailing list

Follow us

GDW

  • Our Team
  • Our Partners
  • Member Orgs

Pages

  • Reports
  • Field Pulse
  • Policy Watch
  • News Picks
  • Development
  • Migration

Be Part of GDW

  • Share a story
  • Become a member organisation

Search

Copyright 2014-20 © 2023 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in