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January 31, 2008
City government to reserve parking for disabled people-Pakistan
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
LAHORE: The city government will reserve parking places for disabled
people in all commercial plazas, markets and roads of the city.
District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Ijaz on Wednesday directed
all parking contractors to put up signs indicating the allocated places
reserved for disabled people.
He added that in commercial areas, cars and motorcycles should be parked
on one side of the road and contractors should negotiate, with traders,
to unload goods when traffic conditions were conducive.
He also directed the town municipal officers (TMO) to submit detailed
reports of parking stands in the DCO office and gave them two weeks to
correct all official matters in this regard.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C01%5C31%5Cstory_31-1-2008_pg13_9
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January 30, 2008
Round Table Discussion-New York
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
We, the Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD) is organizing a round table discussion in conjunction with the 46th Commission for Social Development entitled “The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities- Mainstreaming Disability in Development -who will do what?”
The purpose of the Round Table with open discussion is to provide various stakeholders a possibility to continue exchanging views on the practical ways forward towards mainstreaming disability matters in development. The focus will be on what each organization can and will
do, and to seek synergies and opportunities for collaboration.
Friday, February 8, 2007
3.00 p.m.- 6.00 p.m.
at Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations
866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 222
New York, N.Y. 10017, U.S.A
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January 29, 2008
Experts discuss ways to mitigate disasters -India
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
Statesman News Service
BHUBANESWAR, Jan. 28: The frequency of natural calamities and disasters is bound to increase due to environmental degradation. A rise in sea levels would threaten the coastal population. The speakers at an international seminar on Disability and Disasters organised by Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre here today emphasised on disaster mitigation projects and the need to adopt an affirmative action for the physically and mentally challenged people, who are worst hit during such occurrences.
Disaster management plans and funds should be specific and special strategies should be adopted for the disabled population, the speakers added. The poorer people always suffer the most during calamities. The chief guest general Mr NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM (retd), who is the vice-chairman of the national disaster mitigation authority (NDMA) said that Rs 20,000 crore has been allocated for adoption of mitigation projects during the 11th plan period. Guidelines relating to disasters like earthquake, industrial calamity, mass casualty and medical preparedness and so on have already been formulated, while those for tsunami and trauma management are being worked out, Mr Vij said. Mr Vij said that a detailed project report of mitigation projects are being prepared and they would be put to place in a year's time.
Orissa is likely to get Rs 250 crore in terms of mitigation projects, he said, while adding that this more than funds which are released from the national calamity relief fund. Mr Vij emphasised on the community work and said that it should be the core area of operation.Communities should
be prepared to face crises during disasters. Mr Vij said that the army needs teach psycho-social training to handle disasters. This comes in handy when dealing with the traumatised or disabled
victims. There are 40 million disabled people in the country, Mr NVC Menon, member of NDMA said. He noted that the world has become more conscious ever since the tsunami. The government of India has earmarked Rs 1,800 crore in last year's budget for the disabled.
The panchayati raj institutions should be involved in conducting a survey to identify the number of disabled people living in an area and bring out a base line data. Mr Menon informed that states like Chhatisgarh and Karnataka have evolved a draft disability policy. The chief secretary, Mr Ajit Tripathy, urged the participants to evolve a separate code for disabled persons. Mr Tripathy quoted a few lines of a Hindi song~tum besahara ho to kisika sahara bano and also referred to the Amitabh Bachhan starrer Black. The secretary general of rehabilitation international, Mr Tomas Langerwall, said that environmental disasters are bound to increase and sea levels will rise. The government, NGOs and private sector should take responsibility in checking environmental damages.
Mr Aurobinda Behera, principal secretary, water resources department, said that Orissa has a well placed disaster mitigation mechanism in place and it was one of the first states to undertake a survey of the disabled population. He, however, felt that special funding, codes and a single window system for the disabled need to be evolved.
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=9&theme=&usrsess=1&id=187754
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January 28, 2008
Latin American Regional Conference on the Disability Rights Convention
On behalf of RI President Michael Fox and RI Secretary General Tomas Lagerwall, please see the message below.
Dear Members,
It is our great pleasure to announce that on the 15 and 16th of April 2008 , RI, in collaboration with RI members in Mexico, the Department of Foreign Affairs (SRE), the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (CONADIS), and the National System for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF), will be hosting a conference at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Mexico City, Mexico , entitled "Implementing the UN Disability Rights Convention in Latin America: Partnerships, Strategies and Action."
This Latin American Regional Conference aims to promote ratification and implementation of the Convention by creating a forum to encourage dialogue and partnerships among the disability community, government representatives, parliamentarians, lawyers and judges. RI is working with the international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, local law firms, disability experts and relevant actors in Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador to conduct an analysis of existing national laws and develop recommendations for legal reform. This research will be presented at the Conference as a resource for NGOs, policymakers and legal professionals in Latin America.
This Conference is part of RI's Global Advocacy Campaign, which focuses on raising awareness and building capacity to promote the Convention, and also fits in the activities being prepared by the Mexican Government to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In addition to the legal issues related to ratification and implementation of the UN Convention, the participants will focus on how to ensure that the Convention is translated into good policies and programs reaching all persons with disabilities; strategies for inclusion of persons with disabilities in decision-making bodies; and specific measures for addressing the disability-poverty cycle.
We greatly appreciate the generous support from Irish Aid, the Open Society Institute, an anonymous donor and RI members in Mexico and other countries in the region for making this Conference possible.
It would be a pleasure for us if you could publicize this announcement.
RegConf_Flyer_24Jan08_FINAL.pdf
RegConf_Flyer_spanish_24Jan08_FINAL.pdf
For more information, please see the attached flyers in English and Spanish, and the accessible text-only versions, or contact:
Andrés Balcázar at: abalcazar@abc-discapacidad.com; or
Shantha Rau at shantha@riglobal.org
Lauren Goldy at: lauren@rigobal.org
Visit: www.riglobal.org
With our best regards,
Michael Fox,
RI President
Tomas Lagerwall,
RI Secretary General
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January 17, 2008
Report from Lilian - Chile
I am going to make a presentation of my experience in Japan in front of my colleagues next Monday.
After that I am also going to present in front of Mayor and show all the pictures and maybe talk about my Action Plan.
I send you my pictures of a party held at City Hall of PEÑALOLEN. I wore KIMONO which was made in Japan!
thrank MY JICA FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LILY FASHOM SAM
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Message from philippines
Hi! I am from Iloilo, Philippines!
Hi to Mizuki Matzusaki from teachers of Iloilo,Philippines. We work with you when we are students Of West Visayas, College of Education 2003-2004. We hope to see you again in some other trainings here.We are still inspired of the practices you have taught us. Happy new year and thank you very much!
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January 16, 2008
Information from the Philippines
We found Donna san's name in the following report! We are glad to know she is working actively there in Iloilo.
Greetings of Peace!
I was very lucky today during CBR (Community-Based Rehabilitation)Meeting for this year 2008 first quarter of the months January, February and March,
my dream and the key of Independent Living has been approved. "Peer Counselling" Ms. Donnabelle Baldonado and me are making Peer Counselling for PWDs possible here in our province and I will try it on CBR Core Group which is the group that will go to different municipalities here in Iloilo to educate PWDs and promote the awareness of PWDs to different sectors of our society so this is my first step being a PWD and a Duskin Trainee. The Core Group will help me regarding this Seminar later on... The target date of this three 3 day seminar will be February 8,9 and 10, 2008.
I will keep in touch for some information regarding this Program
I am hoping for your comments and help to succeed this ILP Program...
Arigatou Gozaimasu
Mark F. Espesor
Philippines
7th Duskin Trainee
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January 10, 2008
International Rehabilitation Review
RI (Rehabilitation International) issued Special Edition of International Rehabilitation Review on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the following webseite.
Posted by jicafriends at 01:19 PM | Comments (0)
January 08, 2008
Minister warns men against impregnating disabled girls-Uganda
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Monday, 7th January, 2008 By Moses Nampala
THE Minister of State for Gender, Rukia Isanga Nakadama, is concerned that men lure disabled girls into relationships. She added that men abandon the girls after impregnating them.
Nakadama called for urgent redress of the situation, saying it was rampant in rural areas. The minister made the remarks while addressing people with disabilities at Bugadde Primary School in Kityerera sub-county, Mayuge district on Friday.
“My ministry has come up with a strong advocacy mechanism to prosecute the culprits,” she said.
She regretted that statistics indicated that 57% of the females with disabilities conceive after being raped.
Nakadama said the victims are usually attacked by the culprits from foot-paths, discreet spots and gardens.
She added that because of social stigma, men responsible for such pregnancies always deny the victims any form of assistance during pregnancy and after delivery. “The time for playing games is over. The culprits will be prosecuted.”
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/17/605432
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January 07, 2008
UN approves RP initiative on disabled-Philippines
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:55am (Mla time) 01/07/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The United Nations has approved a Philippine-led initiative that would include some 650 million persons with disabilities worldwide in the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) which aim to wipe out poverty.
In a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Hilario Davide Jr., Philippine permanent representative to the UN in New York, lauded the Filipino diplomats who successfully pushed for the adoption of the resolution, “Implementation of the World Program of Action Concerning Disabled Persons: Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities” in the 62nd UN General Assembly.
Davide said 103 member-states cosponsored the resolution aimed at including the perspective of persons with disabilities in the MDGs, a set of eight targets that binds countries to exert more effort toward addressing the problems of inadequate incomes, widespread hunger, gender inequality, environmental deterioration and lack of education, health care and clean water.
“The adoption of the resolution underscores the importance the Philippines places on the issue of disability in the United Nations,” Davide said in his report.
“It is worth noting that we have also recently became a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with Secretary (Alberto) Romulo signing in behalf of the Philippines,” he said.
Davide said the resolution hoped to benefit people with disabilities who comprise 10 percent of the global population.
Cynthia D. Balana
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=110792
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