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How the CRPD Changed Us

Reblog - November 7, 2020

This article was originally published on the WhatWENeed blog here as a part of CRPD refresh. My earliest...

On the right hand top: Rising Flame and Sightsavers logos. On the left top in blue lettering is the title of the report - Neglected and Forgotten: Women with disabilities during the COVID crisis in India. On the remaining space on the page are six figures. Below the text is a woman dressed in a yellow saree in a wheelchair. Walking away from her - with their backs to her - are five people. One is dressed in white and a blue overcoat; one is dressed in a salwar with a small bag; another two in pants and shirt and one person in a lungi. There are all wearing face masks and are at a distance from each other.

Neglected and Forgotten: Women with Disabilities During the COVID Crisis in...

Editorial Team - July 18, 2020

Rising Flame, a nonprofit organisation work based in India, working for recognition, protection, and promotion of human rights of People with...

Photograph of a conference with a person in a wheelchair in the foreground

Dainius Pūras’s Report at the UN General Assembly

Editorial Team - July 2, 2020

The 44th session on the UN's Human Rights Council is currently underway. The Special Rapporteur Mr Dainius Pūras released a statement, available...

#WhatWENeed Campaign (2019)

Editorial Team - October 22, 2019

Inclusion Within Development A call from TCI Asia Pacific This post...

The Global ‘Mental Health’ Movement – Cause For Concern: Mad in...

Editorial Team - October 10, 2018

This week on Mad in America, a series of podcast interviews will be broadcast on the topic of the global 'mental health' movement. The following...

Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit – Open Letter

Editorial Team - October 9, 2018

The National Survivor User Network (NSUN), England has released an open letter protesting the Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit organised by the UK government....

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