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Involuntary Sterilisation Threatens Rights of Disabled Women
By Malgorzata StaweckaUNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 2012 (IPS)In 1996, Maria Mamerita Mestanza Chavez, a 33-year-old Peruvian mother of seven, was threatened with imprisonment if she did not comply with the...
View ArticleCENTRAL ASIA: Disabled Citizens Find Avenues to Advancement Blocked
By Alisher KhamidovBISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Oct 24 2012 (EurasiaNet)As a child, Feruza Alimova dreamed of becoming a lawyer so she could help disabled people.But the 22-year-old cannot pursue a law degree...
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U.N. Disabilities Treaty Rejected by U.S. Senate
By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Dec 4 2012 (IPS)Underlining the persistent power of their party’s most right-wing elements, a majority of Republican senators Tuesday blocked ratification of the long-pending...
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When Disaster and Disability Converge
This story is part one of a three-part series on the challenges faced by people living with disabilities in a world where intense storms and other natural disasters are expected to become the "new...
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Mental Health an Overlooked Casualty of Disaster
A fisherman and other Gulf Coast residents at a community meeting in New Orleans in 2010. Experts say that trauma related to the record-breaking BP oil spill in the region could last for decades....
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Poor and Disabled When Disaster Strikes
Disaster Risk Management Project (DRM). An elderly person with a disability goes down the stairs of the Cyclone shelter in Mohanagar, Sitakunda, Bangladesh. Credit: Brice Blondel/Handicap...
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Disabled Make Do with Scraps from the Aid Table
Orlando Javier Salgado Rubi (front, left), Minister Advisor on Disability Affairs of Honduras, speaks about the "The post-2015 development agenda and inclusive development for persons with...
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For the Disabled, Progress Unearths More Questions
The media and public perception play a role in how different conditions are treated and how the disabled view themselves. Credit: BigstockBy Samuel OakfordUNITED NATIONS, Oct 2 2013 (IPS)When U.N....
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Pacific Disability Theatre Group Inspires and Educates
The Rainbow Disability Theatre Group performs its play ‘The Child from Seaview’ at the Wan Smolbag Theatre in Vanuatu. Credit: Wan SmolbagBy Catherine WilsonPORT VILA, Jun 16 2014 (IPS)In the Pacific...
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OPINION: People with Disabilities Must Be Counted in the Fight Against HIV
Monica Wambui, 37, who is deaf, receives HIV/AIDS information in sign language. Wambui was among more than 40 people with disabilities who attended a workshop organised by the USAID-funded APHIAplus...
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Call for Disability Rights to Be Mainstreamed in Post-2015 Development Agenda
A disabled but talented young artist at the Kome School in Tokyo. Credit: UN Photo/Jan CorashBy Nora HappelUNITED NATIONS, Jun 6 2015 (IPS)“We should remove the ‘dis’ and focus on ‘abilities,’” Daniela...
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Helping People with Disabilities Become Agents of Change
Disability and poverty are interrelated, due to discrimination and lower education and employment levels. Credit: BigstockBy Nora HappelUNITED NATIONS, Jun 25 2015 (IPS)Participation, political and...
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Opinion: Love & Mercy, the Croatian Way
Emina Ćerimović is a Koenig fellow at Human Rights Watch and carried out research in 2014 on institutionalization of people with disabilities in Croatia.By Emina ĆerimovićNEW YORK, Jul 6 2015 (IPS)Last...
View ArticleThe 50 Essential Products That Could Help People With Disabilities
Wheelchairs, hearing aids, white canes and braille typewriters are just some of the products that help people with disabilities to participate fully in everyday life. Yet for many people with...
View ArticleMixed Progress at UN on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Nearly 10 years after UN members adopted a progressive Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), progress implementing the convention has been mixed, even at the UN itself, say...
View ArticleFunding Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in Developing...
About half of the world’s 65 million school-age children with disabilities in developing countries are reportedly out of school, according to a new report regarding inclusive education funding for...
View ArticleA Special Learning Journey Cut Short
This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds issued by IPS on the occasion of this year’s World Autism Awareness DayBy Charity Chimungu PhiriBLANTYRE, Malawi, Mar 29 2017 (IPS)When building a...
View ArticlePeru’s Poor and Disabled Struggle in the Shadows
Eighty percent of the world’s disabled live in developing nations, according to a report by the United Nations. Their identities, lives and stories are of course varied – but what isn’t is the stigma...
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Children and Women with Disabilities, More Likely to Face Discrimination
Women with disabilities in Afghanistan protest for their rights. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS.By Carmen Arroyo and Emily ThampoeUNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 2018 (IPS)Children with disabilities are up to four...
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Levelling the Playing Field for Persons with Disabilities in the United States
According to the United Nations “sport can help reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with disability because it can transform community attitudes about persons with disabilities by...
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