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Training Opportunity: Disability and Development Module, November 23 to December 19, 2009, VU University, Netherlands

Disability and Development Module at the VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Athena Institute, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University (Amsterdam), together with Enablement (Alphen… more →

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Training Opportunity: Disability and Development Module, November 23 to December 19, 2009, VU University, Netherlands — 5 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 2 months ago: Disability and Development Module at the VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Athena Instit … more →

Tags: Announcements, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Education and Training Opportunities, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Opportunities, poverty, Rehabilitation, Women

Marketing and Communications Internship (paid), Global Partnership for Disability and Development, Washington DC

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 8 months ago: MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIP Location: Washington, District of Columbia, 20006, United St … more →

Tags: Announcements, Cross-Disability, Opportunities, Jobs & Internships, Disability, International Development, GPDD, Global Partnership for Disability and Development, People With Disabilities

Report on RI=USCID Seminar on Implementation of Draft UN CRPD

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: Today, the international disability rights treaty, more commonly known as the Convention on the Righ … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Reports, Rehabilitation International, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, International Development, CRPD, Disability Rights, disability and international development, international disability rights treaty

Blogging about Deaf Child Worldwide

Kirsty Wilson wrote 1 year ago: Hello, welcome to my blog. I work as a Programmes Manager for Deaf Child Worldwide. We work to suppo … more →

Tags: General, deaf child worldwide, deaf children in developing countries., deafness and development, development, IDCS, Kirsty Wilson, NDCS

OPINION: The Farmer, the Spoon, and the Plow — 2 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: The Farmer, the Spoon, and the Plow: Why the International Disability Rights Treaty (CRPD) is Worth … more →

Tags: Opinion, Human Rights, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, International Development, CRPD, Disability Rights, disabled people, RatifyNow, People With Disabilities

RESOURCE: African Union of the Blind Web Site

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: Individuals who share an interest in the self-empowerment of blind people in Africa can turn to the … more →

Tags: Resources, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Blind, HIV/AIDS, health, Inclusion, Democratic Participation, Youth, International Development

RESOURCE, FUNDING: Network to Exchange Success Stories

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: Organizations that have “success stories” to share now have a way to reach a wider audie … more →

Tags: News, Opportunities, Case Studies, Funding, poverty, disabled people, disaster prevention, Education, governance

REPORT: Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities — 3 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: The Innocenti Research Center at UNICEF has released an Innocenti Digest on Promoting the Rights of … more →

Tags: Children, Human Rights, Cross-Disability, Reports, Children With Disabilities, Childrens Rights, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Rights of the Child, crc

PAPER: Disability and Poverty: A Survey of World Bank Poverty Assessments and Implications

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: The World Bank Group has released a new paper entitled “Disability and Poverty: A Survey of Wo … more →

Tags: Academic Papers, Cross-Disability, poverty, A survey of world bank poverty assessments and implicat, daniel mont, Disability, disability and poverty, disabled people, jeanine braithwaite

PUBLICATION: Feb Issue UN Enable Newsletter

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: The second monthly issue of United Nation’s Enable Newsletter has now been released. The init … more →

Tags: Academic Papers, Cross-Disability, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Human Rights, News, Psychiatric Disabilities, South Asian Region, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, ILO

EVENT/NEWS: Asian Festival of Inclusive Arts

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: Dear Friends of Epic Arts, It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to SPOTLIGHT An Asian Fest … more →

Tags: Announcements, Arts, Cross-Disability, deaf, East Asia Pacific Region, Events and Conferences, Inclusion, Mobility Impariments, News

RESOURCE: Handbook for Making Water and Sanitation Accessible to Disabled People

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: A book is available that can help water specialists, disabled advocates, and family members learn ho … more →

Tags: Resources, Mobility Impariments, poverty, health, Inclusion, "water and sanitation", International Development, persons with disabilities, disabled people

RESOURCE: How to Include Disabled Women in Your Organizations — 3 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: [Originally published at wecando.wordpress.com (We Can Do) at http://tinyurl.com/yv5ouo] Certain res … more →

Tags: Resources, Cross-Disability, Case Studies, Women, Inclusion, Miusa, Mobility International USA, Disability, International Development

NEWS: Nepal signs disability rights treaty and protocol — 1 comment

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: The Latest Development: Nepal signs the CRPD Nepal became the most recent signatory to the internati … more →

Tags: Cross-Disability, Human Rights, News, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, disabilities, disability and international development, Disability Rights, Disability rights treaty

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Successful Disabled Women Entrepreneurs — 1 comment

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: Do you know of a successful disabled woman enterpreneur in a developing country? A World Bank annua … more →

Tags: Announcements, News, Employment, Cross-Disability, Opportunities, Women, International Development, World Bank, disabled women

RESOURCE: Listening to Poor People with Intellectual Disabilities — 4 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: In Their Own Words A report from Inclusion International can help people better understand poverty a … more →

Tags: Resources, Cognitive Impairments, Academic Papers, Families, poverty, Inclusion, Reports, Intellectual Disabilities, Disability

CONFERENCE: Africa Campaign on Disability and HIV & AIDS — 1 comment

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: 2nd General Meeting Africa Campaign on Disability and HIV & AIDS Kampala, Uganda March 11-13, 20 … more →

Tags: Announcements, Cross-Disability, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Events and Conferences, HIV/AIDS, health, Uganda, Disability, International Development

TRAINING for Program Coordinators in Bangalore — 3 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: Action on Disability and Development (ADD) India Training for Project Coordinators Action on Disabil … more →

Tags: Announcements, Children, Cross-Disability, Opportunities, South Asian Region, Women, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), HIV/AIDS, Education and Training Opportunities

PAPER: Independent Living Movement in Developing Countries by Shoji Nakanishi — 2 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/2eeldt Independent Living Movement in Developing Countries by … more →

Tags: Cross-Disability, East Asia Pacific Region, Academic Papers, Latin America & Caribbean, Guest Blogger, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Disability, International Development, Thailand


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