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Hope in India as Mandatory Access For People with Disability Takes Shape
June 8, 2013
Source: India America Today
EP POLITICAL GROUPS JOIN FORCES TO SUPPORT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
June 5, 2013
Source: European Disability Forum
Armless Pilot Jessica Cox Visits Capitol Hill to Advocate for CRPD
June 3, 2013
Source: Handicap International
Eric Rosenthal Wins 2013 Charles Bronfman Prize
June 3, 2013
Source: The Charles Bronfman Prize
MDAC fights for the rights of parents with disabilities
May 31, 2013
Source: Mental Disability Advocacy Center
My Reflections on Disability and the UN Panel's Post-2015 Report
May 31, 2013
Source: Huffington Post
Given same opportunities as others, children with disabilities can be agents of change – UN report
May 30, 2013
Source: UN News Centre
Tunisia: Regional Arab Workshop On the 'Disabled Person's Status and MDGs'
May 29, 2013
Source: allAfrica
The European Disability Movement Calls for a Social Way Out of the Crisis, Which Includes CRPD
May 26, 2013
Source: European Disability Forum
2013 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Side Event on Disability Inclusiveness
May 22, 2013
Indigenous persons with disabilities present study to the UNPFII, upon framework of CRPD
May 22, 2013
UN disability rights body confirms that equal access to banking services should be granted to all
May 21, 2013
Source: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Op-Ed on CRPD: Measure won't infringe on rights
May 21, 2013
Source: The Tennessean
Towards economic participation: examining the impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in India
May 16, 2013
Source: Disability & Society
United Spinal to Honor U.S. Senator John McCain For His Commitment to Strengthen Disability Rights
May 16, 2013
Source: United Spinal Association
CBM International Advocacy and Alliances (IAA) April Newsletter Mentions CRPD
May 8, 2013
Source: CBM
Other International News
Former USICD Intern Julia Wolhandler Champions Disability Rights in CIVICUS’s State of Civil Society 2013 (p. 229)
June 14, 2013
Source: State of Civil Society Report
Bangkok Recommendations for disability-inclusiveness
June 12, 2013
Source: Thailand The Nation
Hope in India as Mandatory Access For People with Disability Takes Shape
June 8, 2013
Source: India America Today
New Resource on English Language Learners with Disabilities
June 5, 2013
Source: Impact from University of Minnesota's CIRTCL
EP POLITICAL GROUPS JOIN FORCES TO SUPPORT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
June 5, 2013
Source: European Disability Forum
"In The Shadow of the Sun" Shown in NY
June 5, 2013
Source: Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Armless Pilot Jessica Cox Visits Capitol Hill to Advocate for CRPD
June 3, 2013
Source: Handicap International
MDAC fights for the rights of parents with disabilities
May 31, 2013
Source: Mental Disability Advocacy Center
My Reflections on Disability and the UN Panel's Post-2015 Report
May 31, 2013
Source: Huffington Post
Given same opportunities as others, children with disabilities can be agents of change – UN report
May 30, 2013
Source: UN News Centre
Tunisia: Regional Arab Workshop On the 'Disabled Person's Status and MDGs'
May 29, 2013
Source: allAfrica
66th World Health Assembly adopts resolution calling for better health care for people with disabilities
May 28, 2013
Source: World Health Organization
Support Launch of UNICEF's State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities
May 28, 2013
The European Disability Movement Calls for a Social Way Out of the Crisis, Which Includes CRPD
May 26, 2013
Source: European Disability Forum
Immigrants Seeking Serenity in a Patch of California Land
May 25, 2013
Source: New York Times
2013 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Side Event on Disability Inclusiveness
May 22, 2013
Indigenous persons with disabilities present study to the UNPFII, upon framework of CRPD
May 22, 2013
Final Report of High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda to be released on 31 May
May 22, 2013
UN disability rights body confirms that equal access to banking services should be granted to all
May 21, 2013
Source: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Op-Ed on CRPD: Measure won't infringe on rights
May 21, 2013
Source: The Tennessean
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