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New Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
By WVI Policy & Advocacy on 7 May 2008
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) took effect on May 3.
We applaud our friends with disabilities and their organisations, for human rights of persons with disabilities are officially recognised at last.
World Vision International and Disabled People's International (DPI) have been working closely at international, regional and national levels for the rights of persons with disabilities.
More information- Did you know April 2 was the World's Autism Awareness Day? read a message from Ban Ki-Moon
- Secretary-General Ban hails entry into force of treaty on disability rights. read here
- Including Disability within the Context of Development: Opportunities, Challenges, Constraints and Strategies - by South Africa Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development read here
- Millions of Afghan normadic children, children with disabilities, street children and children living with their mothers in prison, are excluded from receiving an education, many of them girls, by CRIN read here
Useful tools
Human Rights and service learning Human Rights Education Associates and Amnesty International-USA
Opening doors: Empowering people with disabilities by the University of Kansas, Center of Research on Learning, Division of Adults Studies
Checklist for inclusion, a simple self-assessment guide by Mobility International USA
Disaster preparedness for people with disabilities by American Red Cross
Health handbook for women with disabilities by Heperian Foundation
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