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We Can Do People with disabilities & international development, poverty, human rights in developing countries

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We Can Do · 3W ago

Why Fight Disablism? A Global Perspective: Blogging against Disablism Day (BADD) 2012

Why fight disablism? The short answer takes one paragraph:  Because disablism is more than just an attitude.  Because when people hold disablist attitudes toward people with disabilities, people with disabilities are excluded, isolated, left out, left behind, and pushed to the margins of society.  D
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We Can Do · 4M ago

International Day of Mourning and Remembrance: Institutionalized Lives of People with Disabilities–Forgotten Lives and the Ones Who Fight Back

Blogger Dave Hingsburger is trying to make today, January 23, the first of what he wants to be an annual event in which we remember together people with disabilities who have lived in institutions and, in some cases, died in them. Another blogger, Amanda Baggs, has also written extensively about he
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We Can Do · 4M ago

Apply for 6th International Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD)

Mobility International USA (MIUSA) Invites women with disabilities around the world to apply for the 6th International Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD) August 6 - 27, 2012 (Tentative), ABOUT MIUSA: Mobility International USA (MIUSA) is a U.S.-based, non-profit organization whose
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We Can Do · 4M ago

Invitation to Join International Indigenous Network of People with Disabilities

The International Indigenous Network of People with Disabilities (IINPWD) is an email-based network where participants advocate and mediate for the voice of indigenous/first peoples with disabilities to be heard at all levels of the development and implementation of law and policy in relation to the
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We Can Do · 10M ago

Disability Rights Fund Requests Funding Proposals from Bangladesh, Pacific Island Countries, Ghana, Uganda, Nicaragua, and Peru

Disability Rights Fund Releases Second 2011 Request for Proposals: Addressing Bangladesh, Pacific Island Countries, Ghana, Uganda, Nicaragua and Peru July 7, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON, MA – The Disability Rights Fund (DRF)—a grantmaking collaborative between donors and the global disability
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We Can Do · 11M ago

Prototype Global Disability Rights Library Launches

Disability rights advocates around the globe can now access a newly launched tool for finding the knowledge and toolkits they need: the Global Disability Rights Library (GDRL) at http://gdrl.org . A prototype “test” version of this library is being made available both on-line and off-line so that u
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We Can Do · 1Y ago

Call for Nominations: Good Policies and Practices Promoting Disability Rights

The Essl Foundation and the World Future Council plan to acknowledge future just policies and exceptional examples of good practice that actively promote and implement the rights of persons with disabilities – both now, and for the future. Together, they aim not only to raise global awareness of exe
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We Can Do · 1Y ago

Disability Rights Fund Announces Letter of Interest Process for Bangladesh, Peru, and Uganda (English y Español)

| English | Español| Disability Rights Fund Announces Letter of Interest Process for Bangladesh, Peru, and Uganda May 5, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       BOSTON, MA – The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) is announcing a new letter on interest process for Disabled Persons’ Organizations (
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We Can Do · 1Y ago

Opportunity for International Cooperation to Advance Disability Rights

English | العربية (Arabic) | Español (Spanish) | Français (French) | Hausa | русский  (Russian) Opportunity for International Cooperation to Advance Disability Rights Human rights, poverty reduction, and humanitarian organizations are invited to join a global effort to collect and disseminate digita
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We Can Do · 1Y ago

Master of Arts Degree in International Development with Persons with Disabilities

The Master of Arts degree in International Development at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC focuses on advocating for and with persons with disabilities. The program's coursework is taught through a transformative lens where political, social and development issues become a means through which
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