By Katy Love, Senior Program Officer at WikiMedia Foundation for Alliance Magazine ‘Innovation and iteration’ was the key theme of the January the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) conference in San Francisco. In the opening plenary, speakers noted that the ‘innovation’ of community involvement and participation in grant decisions would be one of the topics … Read more…
Floods in Myanmar, cyclones in the Pacific, landslides in East Africa — each of these has a profound impact on people with disabilities who are too often left behind or not considered in shelter development and relief distribution. “…[in] the Bay of Bengal, where the risk of floods and river erosion is high due to climate change… … Read more…
September 30, 2015 By Kerry Thompson for the Usher Snydrome Coalition Blog Kerry was born and raised in southern Louisiana where she was diagnosed as profoundly deaf at two years of age and at ten years, diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa. After receiving her Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University, as well … Read more…
May 19, 2015 As I continue to receive updates from our partners on the ground about the heartbreaking aftermath of two devastating earthquakes in Nepal, I am reminded of the difficulties that women and girls with disabilities, in particular, face in relief and recovery efforts. With the death toll rising past 8,500 in Nepal, people … Read more…
“It’s a sad truth that in many developing countries people with disabilities simply don’t count. No data is collected on their disabilities nor their abilities, so it’s as if they just don’t exist.” —Former UK parliamentary undersecretary for international development, Lynne Featherstone (quoted in the Guardian) Recognizing that, to date, development goals have not been … Read more…