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 […]
Sexual violence on indigenous deaf women in Guatemala
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 […]
Guatemala MP: “Disabled people only constitute an expense for the country”.
MP Fernando Linares Beltranena denounced by organisations of disabled people after stating that “Disabled people only constitute an expense for the country”. Representatives of organisations of disabled people filed a complaint against MP Fernando Linares Beltranena at the Prosecutor’s Office of Human Rights at the Public Ministry (MP) for discrimination and violation of rights of disabled people. […]
Guatemala: personas con discapacidad ante oportunidad de salir de la exclusion
Guatemala es uno de los países con índice de desarrollo humano más bajo en la región de Latinoamérica, siendo también el único con niveles de pobreza en aumento en la pasada década. Aunque las personas con discapacidad continúan ausentes de dichos estudios, informes globales de situación hacen inferir la grave exclusión en la que se […]
UNCRPD Committee urges Guatemala to abolish institutionalization of all children
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 […]