http://hub.witness.org/en/rss/term/877 Witness RSS feed en http://hub.witness.org/en/node/8105 <p>A short version of a documentary in which The Empowered Fe Fes, a peer group of young women aged 16 to 24 with different disabilities provide an insightful investigation into the truths about sex and disability. Open Captioned.</p> http://hub.witness.org/en/node/8105#comments Contains Explicit Discussions of Sexuality documentary Physical disability Sexual rights United States Women&#039;s rights 41.902277 -87.670898 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:22:36 -0700 beyondmedia 8105 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/node/8105 <p>A short version of a documentary in which The Empowered Fe Fes, a peer group of young women aged 16 to 24 with different disabilities provide an insightful investigation into the truths about sex and disability. Open Captioned.</p> http://hub.witness.org/en/node/8105#comments Contains Explicit Discussions of Sexuality documentary Physical disability Sexual rights United States Women&#039;s rights 41.902277 -87.670898 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:22:36 -0700 beyondmedia 8105 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/ForgottenPeopleExcerpts <p>Running Time: 1 Minute, 13 Seconds</p> <p>FORGOTTEN PEOPLE documents the frightening similarities in the degrading treatment of people with mental disabilities in Mexico, Armenia, Hungary and the former Yugoslavia. Yet this problem is not confined to Latin America or Eastern Europe but extends around the globe to Western European countries and the United States.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/3162" class="og_links">Every Human Has Rights: Speak Out</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/ForgottenPeopleExcerpts">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/ForgottenPeopleExcerpts#comments advocacy Armenia Hungary Mental disability rights Mexico OK for all Physical disability 34.885931 -93.515625 Every Human Has Rights: Speak Out Every Human Has Rights: Speak Out Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:48:41 -0700 WITNESS Media Archive 8013 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/ForgottenPeopleExcerpts <p>Running Time: 1 Minute, 13 Seconds</p> <p>FORGOTTEN PEOPLE documents the frightening similarities in the degrading treatment of people with mental disabilities in Mexico, Armenia, Hungary and the former Yugoslavia. Yet this problem is not confined to Latin America or Eastern Europe but extends around the globe to Western European countries and the United States.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/3162" class="og_links">Every Human Has Rights: Speak Out</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://hub.witness.org/en/ForgottenPeopleExcerpts">read more</a></p> http://hub.witness.org/en/ForgottenPeopleExcerpts#comments advocacy Armenia Hungary Mental disability rights Mexico OK for all Physical disability 34.885931 -93.515625 Every Human Has Rights: Speak Out Every Human Has Rights: Speak Out Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:48:41 -0700 WITNESS Media Archive 8013 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7944 <p>A courageous boy rises above violence in Lebanon with wit, humor and the support of his best friend.</p> http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7944#comments cluster bomb disability documentary Family government Health health advocacy human_rights Landmines &amp; unexploded ordnances Lebanon Lebanon OK for all Physical disability Politics Video War crimes Youth 33.651208 36.210938 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:32:30 -0700 festival@artsengine.net 7944 at http://hub.witness.org http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7944 <p>A courageous boy rises above violence in Lebanon with wit, humor and the support of his best friend.</p> http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7944#comments cluster bomb disability documentary Family government Health health advocacy human_rights Landmines &amp; unexploded ordnances Lebanon Lebanon OK for all Physical disability Politics Video War crimes Youth 33.651208 36.210938 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:32:30 -0700 festival@artsengine.net 7944 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