A New Era for Persons with Disabilities and International Development?

• May 13, 2016

by Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo

Momentum behind the disability-inclusive development agenda is at an all-time high — and growing. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the key international document, now has 163 States-Parties. Additionally, the Addis Ababa …

Intersectionality and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Global Development

• April 28, 2016

by Julianne Acker-Verney, Pamela Johnson, and Susan Manning

 Intersectionality is a tool that can guide researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to learn about and respond to the diverse experiences of women and men, girls and boys with disabilities and the …

Les personnes handicapées et la coopération Canado–Haïtienne (French only)

• April 15, 2016

par Stephen Baranyi et Ilionor Louis

Lorsqu’Haïti apparaît dans les médias canadiens, ces jours-ci, c’est généralement la crise électorale qui attire notre attention. La gestion problématique et la contestation des élections en août et octobre 2015, ainsi que les difficultés …

Finding Canada’s Way Again on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

• March 31, 2016

Introduction: Disability and Global Development

There are over one billion persons with disabilities in the world today. Although many are at the “bottom billion” of the global hierarchy, over the past decade they have capably organized to get their rights …