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Applying Human Rights Principles to Disaster Response
Hurricane Matthew’s devastation in Haiti provides both a historic opportunity and a daunting challenge to funders who care about human rig...
Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Times of Disaster
“The country is on its knees. The population is desperate and many persons with disabilities no longer have any shelter and are trauma...
Hurricanes in my Backyard
Last Tuesday, my colleague – Jo-Ann Garnier – from Haiti shared during a staff call about the devastation hitting Haiti and her atte...
Reflections from my backyard while Hurricane Matthew is killing my country Haiti
Haiti ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol in 2009. By ratifying it, the H...
DeafBlindness: The Left Behinds in a Leave No One Behind Era
As an American living with DeafBlindness, I recognize that I have had easier access to attaining my rights to education, employment, and inc...
Building Movements – Convening Grantees around the World
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes persons with disabilities and has opened doors for their participation and recognition ...
Making a Difference – Achievements in 2015
Ambrose’s destiny changed via a chance meeting with members from the Ugandan National Association of the Deaf (UNAD) who were holding an o...
One in Every Fifth Sister - At the Door
Between the words – what is the message? As disability scholar and activist, Martina Shabram wrote in a recent article about how Zika reve...
Let's Not Just Open the Door, Let's Open the Dialogue
Our upcoming AWID International Forum in Brazil, where the Zika outbreak has had a major impact, is one opportunity to have that dialogue. W...