http://hub.witness.org/en/rss/term/875 Witness RSS feed en http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7908 <p>Running Time: 3:30 min.</p> <p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7908">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7908#comments Discrimination documentary Health and Social Care Facilities Mental disability rights OK for all Paraguay Sanitation sanitation South America Video -24.976099 -57.019043 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:26:16 -0700 WITNESS Archive 7908 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7908 <p>Running Time: 3:30 min.</p> <p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7908">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7908#comments Discrimination documentary Health and Social Care Facilities Mental disability rights OK for all Paraguay Sanitation sanitation South America Video -24.976099 -57.019043 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:26:16 -0700 WITNESS Archive 7908 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/MarthaLuciaOsorno <p>Hundreds of sign languages are in use around the world. Martha Lucia Osorno of the World Federation of the Deaf argues for the recognition of sign language as an official language of the United Nations. </p> <p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/MarthaLuciaOsorno">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/MarthaLuciaOsorno#comments Colombia Colombia disability Discrimination discrimination Mental disability rights OK for all Physical disability sign language 6.489983 -74.179688 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:05:19 -0700 Violeta Krasnic 5309 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/MarthaLuciaOsorno <p>Hundreds of sign languages are in use around the world. Martha Lucia Osorno of the World Federation of the Deaf argues for the recognition of sign language as an official language of the United Nations. </p> <p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/MarthaLuciaOsorno">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/MarthaLuciaOsorno#comments Colombia Colombia disability Discrimination discrimination Mental disability rights OK for all Physical disability sign language 6.489983 -74.179688 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:05:19 -0700 Violeta Krasnic 5309 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/TinaMinkowitz <p>Can the new UN Disability Rights Convention address stigma and fear that isolate people with psychosocial disabilities and keep them from realizing their fundamental rights? Tina Minkowitz, Co-Chair of World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, asserts that governments will now have to find "new way of looking at madness and supporting people who are mad." </p> <p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/TinaMinkowitz">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/TinaMinkowitz#comments Global disability Discrimination discrimination Global Mental disability rights OK for all Physical disability 38.822591 -98.437500 Wed, 21 May 2008 12:02:50 -0700 Violeta Krasnic 5305 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/TinaMinkowitz <p>Can the new UN Disability Rights Convention address stigma and fear that isolate people with psychosocial disabilities and keep them from realizing their fundamental rights? Tina Minkowitz, Co-Chair of World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, asserts that governments will now have to find "new way of looking at madness and supporting people who are mad." </p> <p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/TinaMinkowitz">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/TinaMinkowitz#comments Global disability Discrimination discrimination Global Mental disability rights OK for all Physical disability 38.822591 -98.437500 Wed, 21 May 2008 12:02:50 -0700 Violeta Krasnic 5305 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/KickiNordstrom <p>Around the world, women are traditionally expected to take care of vulnerable, sick and family members with disability. Kicki Nordstrom of World Blind Union points out that exactly the same is expected of women with disabilities. How can the UN Disability Rights Convention address this issue? </p> <p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/KickiNordstrom">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/KickiNordstrom#comments Global disability discrimination Gender Mental disability rights OK for all Physical disability Women&#039;s rights 65.440002 17.578125 Wed, 21 May 2008 10:34:48 -0700 Violeta Krasnic 5303 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/KickiNordstrom <p>Around the world, women are traditionally expected to take care of vulnerable, sick and family members with disability. Kicki Nordstrom of World Blind Union points out that exactly the same is expected of women with disabilities. How can the UN Disability Rights Convention address this issue? </p> <p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/KickiNordstrom">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/KickiNordstrom#comments Global disability discrimination Gender Mental disability rights OK for all Physical disability Women&#039;s rights 65.440002 17.578125 Wed, 21 May 2008 10:34:48 -0700 Violeta Krasnic 5303 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/KhandakerJahurulAlam <p>Eighty percent of more than 650 million persons with disabilities worldwide live in developing counties. Khandaker Jahurul Alam, the Executive Director of CSID in Bangladesh, looks at the impact of disability compounded by poverty and isolation and outlines next steps toward full implementation of CRPD. </p> <p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/KhandakerJahurulAlam">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/KhandakerJahurulAlam#comments Bangladesh Bangladesh disability Discrimination discrimination Mental disability rights OK for all Physical disability 23.760209 90.395508 Mon, 19 May 2008 14:48:00 -0700 Violeta Krasnic 5291 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/KhandakerJahurulAlam <p>Eighty percent of more than 650 million persons with disabilities worldwide live in developing counties. Khandaker Jahurul Alam, the Executive Director of CSID in Bangladesh, looks at the impact of disability compounded by poverty and isolation and outlines next steps toward full implementation of CRPD. </p> <p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/KhandakerJahurulAlam">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/KhandakerJahurulAlam#comments Bangladesh Bangladesh disability Discrimination discrimination Mental disability rights OK for all Physical disability 23.760209 90.395508 Mon, 19 May 2008 14:48:00 -0700 Violeta Krasnic 5291 at http://hub.witness.org