Recently, more than 700 representatives of non-governmental organizations, private companies, and governments gathered to address the systemic discrimination that exists… [Read More]
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Women with Disabilities
Children and Women with Disabilities, More Likely to Face Discrimination (Relief Web)
Post Date: 08/28/2018
Global Disability: An Emerging Issue (The Lancet Global Health)
Post Date: 07/17/2018
Over the 5 years since the launch of The Lancet Global Health, there has been a growing and long overdue shift… [Read More]
Gender, Nutritional Status and Disability-Free Life Expectancy among Older People in Santiago, Chile (Moreno, 2018)
Post Date: 04/08/2018
Moreno, Ximena, Cecilia Albala, Lydia Lera et al., “Gender, Nutritional Status and Disability-Free Life Expectancy among Older People in Santiago,… [Read More]
WHO Washes its Hands of Older People (The Lancet)
Post Date: 01/16/2018
WHO’s proposed 13th General Programme of Work makes no reference to older people or conditions associated with later life. Lloyd-Sherlock,… [Read More]
Do Experiences and Perceptions about Quality of Care Differ among Social Groups in Nepal? A Study of Maternal Healthcare Experiences of Women with and without Disabilities, and Dalit and non-Dalit Women (Devkota, 2017)
Post Date: 01/16/2018
Devkota, Hridaya Raj, Andrew Clarke, Emily Murray et al., “Do Experiences and Perceptions about Quality of Care Differ among Social… [Read More]
Ohio Gov. John Kasich Signs Down Syndrome Abortion Ban (NBC News)
Post Date: 12/27/2017
Ohio is prohibiting doctors from performing abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome, joining other states with similar legislation…. [Read More]
When Nursing Homes Push out Poor and Disabled Patients (Kaiser Health News)
Post Date: 12/26/2017
Complaints about allegedly improper evictions and discharges from nursing homes are on the rise in California, Illinois, and other states,… [Read More]
“If He Could Speak, He Would Be Able to Point out Who Does Those Things to Him”: Experiences of Violence and Access to Child Protection among Children with Disabilities in Uganda and Malawi (Banks, 2017)
Post Date: 09/23/2017
Banks, Lena Morgon, Susan A. Kelly, Nambusi Kyegombe et al., “‘If He Could Speak, He Would Be Able to Point… [Read More]
Public Health and Rehabilitation by ORRSB at the #AfgDisabilityConf (YouTube)
Post Date: 09/13/2017
This short video highlights the hurdles facing Afghanistan in rehabilitating children and adults with disabilities, including training, infrastructure, resources, and… [Read More]
Clean Water Changes Lives in a Town in South Sudan (UNICEF)
Post Date: 09/10/2017
Access to clean water is drastically changing the lives of women with disabilities in South Sudan. Nina deVries, UNICEF, September… [Read More]
