A New Era for Persons with Disabilities and International Development?

• 13 mai 2016

by Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo

Momentum behind the disability-inclusive development agenda is at an all-time high — and growing. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the key international document, now has 163 States-Parties. Additionally, the Addis Ababa …

Intersectionality and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Global Development

• 28 avril 2016

by Julianne Acker-Verney, Pamela Johnson, and Susan Manning

 Intersectionality is a tool that can guide researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to learn about and respond to the diverse experiences of women and men, girls and boys with disabilities and the …

Finding Canada’s Way Again on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

• 31 mars 2016

Introduction: Disability and Global Development

There are over one billion persons with disabilities in the world today. Although many are at the “bottom billion” of the global hierarchy, over the past decade they have capably organized to get their rights …