August 4, 2020 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melanie Kawano-Chiu, Evaluation & Learning Manager Disability Rights Fund & Disability Rights Advocacy FundEmail: mkawanochiu@disabilityrightsfund.org As a member of the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor (DRM), DRF/DRAF call for an end to police violence and abuse against persons with disabilities and their family members The COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor … Read more…
POUR UNE LIBÉRATION IMMÉDIATE Personne-ressource : Faith Lemon, directrice du programme Courriel : flemon@disabilityrightsfund.org BOSTON, MA – Aujourd’hui, le Disability Rights Fund (DRF) et le Disability Rights Advocacy Fund ouvrent une Appel à Propositions pour les organisations de personnes handicapées (OPH[1]) en Rwanda et 14 Pays insulaires du Pacifique (îles Cook, États fédérés de Micronésie, … Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Faith Lemon, Program Director Email: flemon@disabilityrightsfund.org BOSTON, MA – Today, the Disability Rights Fund (DRF) and Disability Rights Advocacy Fund (DRAF) open our Round 2 Request for Proposals (RFP) for Disabled Persons’ Organizations (DPOs[1]) in Rwanda and 14 Pacific Island Countries (Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, … Read more…
July 20, 2020 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melanie Kawano-Chiu, Evaluation & Learning Manager Disability Rights Fund & Disability Rights Advocacy FundEmail: mkawanochiu@disabilityrightsfund.org COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor (DRM) calls for an emergency response to the catastrophic abuse of human rights of persons with disabilities in institutions Over the last four months, the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor (DRM) has been gathering data to … Read more…
While the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and other Black Americans have made police brutality and the systemic racism that perpetuates it to mainstream consciousness, we at the Disability Rights Fund and Disability Rights Advocacy Fund know this is not new. Some of our staff, our family members, our friends, and our … Read more…