Disabilities

Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and including them in society, as managers, employees, suppliers and consumers is a triple win: a win for persons with disabilities, a win for business, and a win for the society in general. Many…

Double discrimination can take place when one person simultaneously belongs to two separate minority or marginalised groups, making it harder to live and average, fruitful life. Such is the situation experienced by many women with disabilities where…

1. Highlights from the Week For the first time since the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), persons with disabilities and their representative organizations were meaningfully…

The 2030 Agenda calls upon us to leave no one behind. This principle is rarely as prominent as it is with persons with disabilities. They are often forgotten among other priorities that shadow their needs, forcing them to live in a world not built…

As the largest and most diverse international disability meeting in the world kicks off at the United Nations in New York, leading experts in the field are calling for greater recognition of a range of human rights and fundamental freedoms for…

At the 10th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, taking place from 13-15 June, UN Women will amplify the voices of women with disabilities and highlight the importance of their…

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was inaugurated yesterday by the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, as some 6,000 participants descended on the coastal town of Cancun for a series of working meetings to make progress on…

Three hundred million people suffer from depression at present, making it the single largest contributor to disease and disability. When untreated and at its worst, depression causes people to commit suicide and young people are particularity…

Advancing the leadership of women and girls with disabilities brings together two strong advocacy communities - the disability community and the gender and women’s rights community - in pursuit of a common cause. Over the last two decades there…

Advocacy creates a channel of communication between citizens and their elected representatives; it is in many ways the crux of democracy. Typically, people advocate for a cause that affects their life directly or sometimes simply because they feel…

One billion people currently experience some form of disability. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted that the number of people aged 60 years and older will reach two billion by 2050, therefore we need to pay attention to accessibility…

Each year the voice of people with Down syndrome, and those who live and work with them, grows louder. The Down Syndrome International (DSi) encourages friends all over the world to choose their own activities and events to help raise…