In Jakarta alone, Damayanti knows of some 2500 persons with psychosocial disabilities locked inside public and private facilities. She has no idea if or how many may be infected with the coronavirus. Social care administrators, particularly at private institutions, haven’t been forthcoming about what is actually happening behind closed doors. “There is no effort to … Read more…
May 19, 2020 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Faith Lemon, Program Director Disability Rights Fund & Disability Rights Advocacy FundEmail: flemon@disabilityrightsfund.org This month, the Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) publicized its list of issues for the Malawian government in advance of Malawi’s review in fall of 2020. The … Read more…
Soaps, sanitizer, all these things were required and people did not even know what sanitizer means, what social distancing means, what does quarantine mean.” Gurung is the president of the National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN Nepal) and the general secretary of the Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (IPWDGN). NIDWAN Nepal recently worked … Read more…
“People have a fear, of course, because today in Rwanda people are in lockdown,” adds Nicodeme Hakizimana, Executive Director of OIPPA. “Everyone is staying at home. If it happened, no one can know what has happened. Another harmful myth – the coronavirus is an attempt to kill white people. According to rumors circulating in Rwanda, … Read more…
The National Advocacy Organization for Persons with Disabilities in Samoa “I can gladly say that we are leading the way in terms of inclusive coverage of the coronavirus to our members and to those who need our services,” says Mata’afa Fa’atino Utumapu, NOLA’s general manager and president of the Samoa Blind Persons Association, a sub-group … Read more…