My name is Ipul Powaseu and I am speaking on behalf of the Women and Gender Constituency. I come from a small island in Papua New Guinea and the impacts of climate change are real for me. The shorelines are eroding almost one meter every year and for me, this is threatening my way of … Read more…
Hurricane Matthew’s devastation in Haiti provides both a historic opportunity and a daunting challenge to funders who care about human rights. We have the opportunity to help the world do a better job this time–to learn lessons from the response to Haiti’s 2010 earthquake and other disasters, and ensure more concrete, sustainable interventions. We can achieve this … Read more…
“The country is on its knees. The population is desperate and many persons with disabilities no longer have any shelter and are traumatized by this event that has taken all their possessions. Cholera is on the increase,” said Emilio Neas, lawyer and coordinator of the RANIPH (National Association Network for the Integration of Disabled Persons) … Read more…
Last Tuesday, my colleague – Jo-Ann Garnier – from Haiti shared during a staff call about the devastation hitting Haiti and her attempts to make sure that our grantees in Haiti and the Haitian disability community had the information and resources to be safe, informed, and prepared. Safe, informed, and prepared. When Hurricane Matthew left … Read more…
Haiti ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol in 2009. By ratifying it, the Haitian Government made a formal binding commitment to enforce the laws that it guarantees. This international instrument does not create new rights for persons with disabilities — it reaffirms the rights enshrined … Read more…