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Subject: News DPI/AP
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 9:10 PM
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Contents:
1. AWID Resource Net Announcements: 22 April 2009
2. PSID Scholarship started in B angladesh for students with disabilities
3. Disability Voice Issue 2 | EDF Newsletter Avril | English + French
4. Endeavour Awards for Research, Postgraduate study or research, Vocational education and training, Professional Development and Student Exchanges
5. PIONEERING DISABILITY ADVOCATE UNABLE TO GAIN RESIDENCY IN AUSTRALIA
6. PIONEERING DISABILITY ADVOCATE UNABLE TO GAINRESIDENCY IN AUSTRALIA - Please Circulate
7. WWDA News Issue 1, 2009
8. Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award
From: AWID [mailto:contact@awid.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 5:37 PM
To: saowalak@dpiap.org
Subject: AWID Resource Net Announcements: 22 April 2009
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 2009 AWID Innovation Seed Grants Recipients
Recognizing that movements are powerful catalysts for advancing women's rights worldwide, AWID invited forum participants to submit grant applications for projects that would transform Forum ideas into initiatives that strengthening movement building. The response to our call was impressive, with over 250 applications received in the two weeks following the Forum in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. Of these, 23 of the most creative and audacious were selected from a variety of regions around the world, on projects ranging from a Feminist Tech Exchange in Mexico to a Freedom Fone to end sexual violence against women and women rights defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Please visit our website for a list of all 23 winners.
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UN-INSTRAW Launches Trilingual Gender and Migration Virtual Community
The virtual community aims to bring together academic experts, practitioners and other stakeholders from all over the world to discuss the issues of migration, remittances and development from a gender perspective, share information and learn from each other.
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IPS: New Feminist Network for 'Glocal' Activism
Feminist activists have adopted 'glocal', a relatively new geolexical construct, to bridge activism from across Asia, Latin America and Africa.
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Amnesty International: Nepal's government fails to protect women human rights activists
Uma Singh, a young woman journalist and activist, was murdered for raising the issue of violence against women in Nepal. Uma, who worked for Radio Today FM and the Women's Human Rights Defender Network, was hacked to death by a gang of men on 11 January 2009.
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| | EVENTS | | | WIDE: "Microcredit: An Alternative for Women's Empowerment?"
WIDE, in the current context of its work on the neoliberal agenda, will address the issue of microcredit as an alternative for women´s empowerment during a one-day conference organized on the 15th of May in Brussels.
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Call for Applications: SADPD, APC-Africa-Women, Women'sNet: Digital Storytelling Project
The Secretariat of the African Decade for Persons with Disabilities (SADPD) in partnership with APC-Africa-Women and Women'sNet, invite you to submit an application to participate in a digital storytelling workshop. Workshop dates: June 8-12, 2009. Deadline for applications: May 3, 2009.
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Call for Contributions/Entries: Brazil's 4th International Disability Film Festival
The main objective of the Brazil's 4th International Disability Film Festival is to promote and encourage new ways of seeing special needs and disabilities. The organizers accept films of any duration, genre and production date dealing with this issue. The Brazil's 4th International Disability Film Festival will take place in Rio de Janeiro in August, in Brasília in September and in São Paulo in October, 2009. Deadline for online submissions: May 11, 2009.
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Call for Applications: IDRC and APHRC: 2009 African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship
The African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are pleased to announce the second call of the ADDRF awards. The fellowship program awards dissertation fellowships to African doctoral students enrolled in sub-Saharan Africa universities who are conducting health-systems or sexuality related research. Deadline for applications: April 30, 2009.
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| | NEW RESOURCES | | |
A New Publication: Gender Action: "Doubling the Damage: World Bank Climate Investment Funds Undermine Climate and Gender Justice"
This new paper is a first-look examining how the new World Bank-administered Climate Investment Funds will impact both climate and gender justice.
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A New Resource: Report from the Czech Women´s Lobby Round Table on Anti-discrimination Legislation in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is the last member state of the European Union where it is not possible to obtain effective protection against discrimination. Although the Czech Republic should have adopted anti-discrimination law (ADL) before its entry into the EU, it has not done so until now (when an approval of the new European anti-discrimination directive is under way).
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A New Resource/Article: Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS): "Africa: Developing Stronger Protection Against Gender-Based Violence"
When heads of districts describe efforts to fight sexual violence as a waste of resources, it raises questions about the leadership's commitment to deal with the matter. By Joyce Mulama
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A New Resource: Peace Media Clearinghouse
Peace Media Clearinghouse is a collection of key audio and visual resources and best practices related to conflict management. These resources can aid professionals in training and educational settings as well as in various communities around the world. For example, these media can be used to highlight examples of peacemaking around the world, as tools to apply conflict analysis frameworks, or to enhance the understanding of conflict regions.
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A New Publication: Making Cents International: "State of the Field in Youth Enterprise, Employment, and Livelihoods Development"
Making Cents International is pleased to announce the release of the publication that emerged from its 2008 Global Youth Enterprise Conference and Youth Financial Services Course, which is titled, State of the Field in Youth Enterprise, Employment and Livelihoods Development: Market-Driven Approaches; Monitoring, Evaluating, and Impact Assessments; and Youth Financial Services. This publication is a synthesis of the key information practitioners, funders, educators, members of the private sector, policymakers, and youth entrepreneurs shared at these global learning events.
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Petition: Dominican Republic: Reform the Penal Code to Include Exceptions for Abortion
The current law criminalizing all abortions in the DR is over one hundred years old. It is regulated under their penal codes, which prohibit abortion even for rape and the life of the woman. In August 2006, the executive branch, spurred in part by advocacy from the women's movement, decided to develop a new penal code and tasked the national congress with revising and correcting "incongruities" in the text.
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Guatemala: Demand Investigation into Kidnapping of Gladys Monterroso
On March 25 Gladys Monterroso was kidnapped while eating breakfast in a restaurant in Guatemala City and held for 13 hours. Just one day earlier her husband, the Human Rights Ombudsman, released a groundbreaking report, The Right to Know. The report documented evidence in the recently discovered police archives linking officials to human rights violations during the 1960-1996 civil war.
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From: Ishaque Mia [mailto:isq21442000@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 12:05 AM
To: isq21442000
Subject: PSID Scholarship started in bangladesh for Student with disabilitis
Scholarship launched for
students with disabilities
Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh Protibondhi Kallyan Somity launched PSID scholarship support programme for the students with disabilities on Saturday.
Under the programme, the organisation provided scholarships for 50 students with disabilities in a ceremony held at BPKS Complex, Uttara in Dhaka .
The social welfare minister, Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid, attended the programme as chief guest while the Australian high commissioner, Dr Justin Lee and director general of social welfare department, Shitangshu Sen, was present as special guests.
Best regards
Ishaque Mia
Bangladesh
From: Frank Mulcahy [mailto:fmulcahy@iol.ie]
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:51 PM
Subject: Disability Voice Issue 2 | EDF Newsletter Avril | English + French
Frank Mulcahy
Franmar
2 Castle Village Court
Celbridge
Co Kildare
Ireland
Tel: +353 1627 1314
Mobile/Cell Phone: +353 8723 44934
E-mail 1: fmulcahy@iol.ie
E-mail 2: frank.mulcahy@hotmail.com
No trees were harmed in the transmission of this email, although a few electrons were mildly inconvenienced.
Le do thoil, cuimhnigh ar an imshaol roimh priontáil an ríomhphost seo.
Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
Disability Voice issue 2
Table of contents
European elections
DISABILITY VOTES COUNT
EDF has launched a new website to ensure that all citizens with disabilities will have equal opportunities to participate in the 2009 European elections visit www.disabilityvotescount.eu
page 3
Information Communication Technologies
WAITING FOR THE ACCESSIBILLITY REVOLUTION
Learn more about the perspective of e-accessibility in the EU
page 4
United Nations
A HUMAN TREATY FOR THE EU
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entered into force in May 2008. One year after, Disability Voice gives you a complete update.
page 5
Disability Action Plan
COUNCIL OF EUROPE TO MOVE FURTHER
Disability Voice asked Donata Vivanti EDF Vice President, why is the Council of Europe action plan such a crucial policy instrument in Europe .
page 6
Women's rights
WHY SHOULD EUROPE INCREASE THE MATERNITY LEAVE?
Women with disabilities face barrier and discrimination in society, even more than men with disabilities. Disability Voice spoke with Gunta Anca about the maternity leave. Member of the EDF Women's Committee, Gunta Anca also represents EDF on the Board of directors of the European Women Lobby.
Page 8
Transport
EDF KEEPS TRACK OF BUS AND WATER PASSENGERS
The Parliament is about to vote on crucial issues for passengers with disabilities. EDF raises awareness to ensure similar set of rights for passenger across the EU and Disability Voice gives you all the most important provisions.
Page 10
European Day of Persons with Disabilities
A SOCIETY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: ACTION AT LOCAL LEVEL
Following the proclamation in 1992 of 3 December as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the EU institutions celebrate it every year. Last December the theme of the European Day conference was "Acting locally for a society for all".
page 11
Inclusive education
MOVING FROM WORDS TO DEEDS
Access to mainstream education for girls and boys with disabilities in an environment that takes into account their individual needs is still a challenge in Europe .
page 12
Version française
Disability Voice numéro 2
Table des matières
Solutions à l'abstention des élections européennes 2009
HANDICAP: LE VOTE ESSENTIEL
Le FEPH lance un nouveau site Internet visant à s'assurer que tout citoyen en situation de handicap bénéficie des mêmes possibilités de participer aux élections européennes. Visitez www.disabilityvotescount.eu
page 3
Technologies de l'information et de la communication
E-ACCESSIBILITE : LA REVOLUTION SE FAIT ATTENDRE
Tout ce que vous devez savoir sur l'e-accessibilité dans l'Union Européenne
page 4
Convention des Nations Unies
UN TRAITÉ SUR LES DROITS HUMAINS POUR L'EUROPE
La Convention des Nations Unies sur les droits des personnes en situation de handicap est entrée en vigueur en Mai 2008.. Disability Voice fait un point complet pour le 1er anniversaire.
page 5
Conseil de l'Europe et Handicap
LE PLAN D'ACTION EN EVOLUTION
Disability Voice a demandé à Donata Vivanti, la Vice Présidente du FEPH, pourquoi le Plan d'action du COE est un instrument politique aussi important.
page 6
Droit de la Femme
POURQUOI L'EUROPE DOIT-ELLE ALONGER LE CONGÉ DE MATERNITE ?
Les femmes en situation de handicap rencontrent encore plus d'obstacles que les hommes dans la même situation. Disability Voice a soulevé la question du congé de maternité avec Gunta Anca, membre du Comité Femmes du FEPH et représentante du Forum au conseil d'administration du Lobby Européen des Femmes.
Page 8
Transport pour tous
PAS DE DISCRIMINATION POUR LES PASSAGERS
Le Parlement européen est sur le point de voter des questions essentielles pour les passagers en situation de handicap. Le FEPH souhaite assurer un ensemble de droits similaires pour les passagers à travers l'Union Européenne.
Page 9
Journée européenne des personnes en situation de handicap
AGIR LOCALEMENT POUR UNE SOCIETE POUR TOUS
En 1992, la date du 3 décembre a été proclamée Journée Internationale des personnes handicapées. Les Institutions européennes célèbrent depuis la journée européenne des personnes en situation de handicap. Disability Voice revient sur le 3 décembre 2008.
page 10
Education pour tous
LE TEMPS DE L'ACTION
L'accès systématique des enfants en situation de handicap à une éducation prenant en compte leurs besoins individuels est un réel défi pour l'Europe.
page 11
Mr. Sawang Srisom
Assistant Regional Development Officer
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Title: Endeavour Awards for Research, Postgraduate study or research, Vocational education and training, Professional Development and Student Exchanges
The Endeavour Awards is an internationally competitive, merit-based program providing opportunities for citizens of the Asia-Pacific region to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia .
The aims of the Endeavour Awards are to:
- Deepen Australia 's global engagement in education and research;
- Reinforce Australia 's reputation as a high quality education provider and leader in research, innovation and knowledge management;
- Enhance language skills and cultural understanding of Australia ; and
- Provide opportunities for Australian professionals to enhance their skills and knowledge.
Endeavour Awards for international applicants
Through the Endeavour Awards, the Australian Government provides opportunities for high achieving international students, researchers and professionals to undertake short or long term study, research and professional development in Australia in a broad range of disciplines.
Research
Endeavour Research Fellowships provide financial support for postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows from participating countries to undertake short-term research (4-6 months), in any field of study, in Australia . Aimed at building international linkages and networks, these Awards provide opportunities for award holders to further develop their knowledge and skills
Postgraduate study or research
Endeavour Postgraduate Awards provide full financial support for international students for up to 3 years to undertake a postgraduate qualification at a Masters or PhD level either by coursework or research in any field of study in Australia .
Vocational education and training
An Endeavour Vocational Education and Training (VET) Award enables you to study a vocational course at the Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree level in any field of study in Australia.
Professional Development
Provide professional development opportunities for high achievers in business, industry, education or government from participating countries.
This award provides you with the flexibility to design a program that advances both your professional and personal goals. In consultation with your host organisation, the one to four month program may include activities such as a shadowing program, work placement, attendance at a conference, participation in a short course, or peer-to-peer learning.
Student Exchanges
The Australian Government recognises the many enduring benefits of international exchanges undertaken during the years of undergraduate education. To encourage greater student mobility, the Australian Government funds Australian higher education providers to subsidise the costs to students participating in student exchanges which include tuition fee waiver and credit transfer.
Read more: http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2008/04/endeavour-awards-for-research.html
Country: Australia
Source: Frank Hall-Bentick
From: disability-vn-bounces@ngocentre.org.vn [mailto:disability-vn-bounces@ngocentre.org.vn] On Behalf Of Frank Hall-Bentick
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:05 PM
To: FHB Frank Hall-Bentick
Subject: [disability-vn] PIONEERING DISABILITY ADVOCATE UNABLE TO GAIN RESIDENCY IN AUSTRALIA
Australian Immigration has againrejected a visa for a person with disability following the International outcry at Dr Moellers family's rejection last year. This new rejection of Dr Siyat Hillow Abdi (see below) is discriminatory and breaches the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities which Australia ratified last year at the United Nations.
Even though Australia claims that it's interpretation of the Convention allows it to discriminate against immigrants and refugees using the assumed cost of health requirements, the rejection of Dr Siyat Hillow Abdi visa is purely because of his disability and takes no consideration of the valuabled contribution he is making to the Australian Community through his work. If this decision were subjected to the 'reasonable accommodation' criteria of the federal Disability Discrimination Act (Government has exempted Immigration from the DDA) it would totally fail as assumed costs have been outrageously distorted by these Immigration bureaucrats.
In their final report (16 Oct 2008) on the ratification of the Convention the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties recommended the Australian Government "carry out a thorough review of the relevant provisions of the Act and the administrative implementation of migration policy to ensure that there is no direct or indirect discrimination against persons with disabilities." This followed numberous submissions on the discriminatory effects of current Immigration policy.
Chapter 2, Paragraphs 2.34 - 2.41
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/4june2008/report1.htm#single
More recently the UK Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights reported;
"64. There is nothing in the Convention which would grant additional rights to people with disabilities in respect of the right to enter or remain in the United Kingdom . The only positive requirement of the Convention is that State Parties shall recognise the rights of persons with disabilities to liberty of movement, to freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality, on an equal basis with others (Article 18, emphasis added). This may include a requirement to make reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities, including making appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate burden on the State if needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the equal enjoyment of the right to liberty of movement. However, in our view, the obligation to make reasonable adjustments is one familiar to all public authorities in the United Kingdom . Adjustments or modifications do not create new rights, but enable disabled people to exercise the same rights as everyone else without discrimination.
65. We are particularly concerned about the Government's proposal that this reservation may be necessary in order to deal effectively with public health emergencies. We agree with a number of our witnesses that the Government already has broad powers to deal with public health emergencies and to control entry into the United Kingdom for the purposes of protecting public health.[61] We considered these powers most recently in our scrutiny of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, which provided for the wide-spread reform of the Government's powers to deal with risks to public health.[62] These powers apply to all people, regardless of whether they have disabilities or not. In our view, there is nothing in the Convention which would require an amendment to the existing law or which could limit its effectiveness. We agree with a number of witnesses who wrote to tell us that this amendment appeared to conflate disability with the risks posed to public health by disease. We consider that this approach illustrates an unfortunate lack of awareness of the rights of people with disabilities.
68. We are concerned that the Government is pursuing a broad, general reservation related to immigration control. The Government has not provided an adequate explanation of its view that the proposed reservation is necessary. In any event, we consider that there is nothing in the Convention or in domestic law which could justify a reservation of the breadth proposed.
69. Read literally, this reservation could disapply the Convention in its entirety in so far as its protection might relate to people subject to immigration control. In our view, this is incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention and does not constitute a valid reservation.
70. We recommend that the Government abandon this reservation. We consider that it is both unnecessary and inconsistent with the object and purpose of the Convention."
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200809/jtselect/jtrights/70/7002.htm
This decision by the Australian Government breaches Articles 5 Equality and Non-discrimination and Article 18 Liberty of Movement of the United Nations Convention and we should hang our heads in shame for such discriminatory actions. It seems we haven't learnt from the previous Immigration blunders as we still making the same discriminatory mistakes.
Last year the Australian Government attended the first Conference of State Parties for the Convention in New York and presented itself as a world leader in human rights for people with disabilities, yet we still force people to leave Australia because of their disability.
On 26 November 2008, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services, the Hon Bill Shorten, announced that they will ask the Joint Standing Committee on Migration to look at the health requirement in the Migration Act and how it impacts on people with a disability. Advise from this Committee was that they would begin this Inquiry this April but it seems to have been forgotten.. http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/media/media-releases/2008/ce08115.htm
We request that you contact the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm , Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard Julia.Gillard.MP@aph.gov.au and Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans senator.evans@aph.gov.au to immediately step in and overturn this discriminatory decision against Dr Siyat Hillow Abdi and annouced the start of this Parliamentary Inquiry so we can end this discrimination.
Yours Sincerely,
Frank Hall-Bentick
Unit 4, 65 York Street ,
Richmond Vic 3121
Australia
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From: NEDA Office
To: 'AFDO Members Mail List'
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 4:08 PM
Subject: [AFDOmembers] PIONEERING DISABILITY ADVOCATE UNABLE TO GAINRESIDENCY IN AUSTRALIA - Please Circulate
PIONEERING DISABILITY ADVOCATE UNABLE TO GAIN RESIDENCY IN AUSTRALIA
Kenyan Dr Siyat Hillow Abdi is fighting a battle to stay in Australia in order to continue to build a life in Australia .
In 2007 Dr Siyat Hillow Abdi overcame extraordinary barriers to become one of the first blind people to be registered as a teacher in South Australia . This was recognised throughout the disability sector as a significant victory for people with disability in Australia in achieving rights and participation.
Dr Abdi has completed a PhD at Flinders University, South Australia and has published a book (with Brian Mathews) entitled, The Journey of Somali Refugees with Disabilities in Kenya: Voices of Refugees with Disabilities in the Dadaab Camps.
Dr Abdi continues to make a strong day to day contribution to the Australian community, through his work supporting newly arrived members of the Ogaden / Somali community. Dr Abdi currently works as a relief teacher for recent migrants and refugees, and acts as a role model for many young people in South Australia .
It is disappointing that Dr Abdi appears to be facing discrimination in seeking to stay in Australia , merely because of his disability, despite his valuable contributions to making Australia a fairer place .
Dr Abdi has been given a deadline of the 18th May by the Australian Government before he must leave Australia .
The National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) and Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) believe this case highlights the barriers faced by people with disability in gaining residency as a result of Australia 's unfair migration laws .
NEDA and BCA are calling on individuals and organizations to write to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600, to urge him to use his public interest power under Section 417 of the Migration Act 1958 to allow Dr Abdi to stay in Australia .
Link to The Advertiser "Blind Man Wins Right to Teach" : http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22479141-5006353,00.html
Dinesh Wadiwel
Executive Officer
National Ethnic Disability Alliance
Ph: (02) 9687 8933 Fax: (02) 9635 5355
PO Box 9381
Harris Park NSW 2150
www.neda.org.au
From: WWDA [mailto:WWDA@wwda.org.au]
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:57 AM
To: WWDA
Subject: WWDA News Issue 1, 2009
Dear Colleague
The new quarterly Newsletter from Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is now available. WWDA News Issue 1, 2009 can be accessed via the WWDA website in Word and PDF versions. An HTML version will be added shortly. Go to: http://www.wwda.org.au/bulletin.htm
Alternatively, if you would like a copy emailed to you directly, please contact WWDA at wwda@wwda.org.au The Word version of WWDA News Issue 1 is approx 2 MB in size, and the PDF version is approx 1 MB.
The Contents of WWDA News Issue 1, 2009 include:
1. New National Women's Health Policy
2. WWDA Strategic Planning Forum
3. Violence Prevention Update
- UNIFEM Releases Facts & Figures on Violence Against Women
- Australia – National Violence Action Plan Update
- WWDA Wins Violence Prevention Awards
- New South Wales Strategic Framework on Domestic and Family Violence
- Launch of the United Nations database on violence against women
- Journal Article: Intimate Partner Violence and Women with Disabilities
- Online Learning Tools on Violence Against Women
- Victorian Government Launches New Family Violence Protection Act
- New Research Funded
- 'Words to Action': UN electronic newsletter on violence against women
4. Australian Youth Ambassadors For Development Program (AYAD)
5. State & Territory Women With Disabilities Networks
6. Study Report: 'The Price We Pay': Women, Disability and Emotion
7. National Human Rights Consultation
8. Building Better Lives for Young People in Nursing Homes
9. Disability Support Pensioners to Receive Increase in Pensions
10. Homelessness White Paper
11. ACSSA Research Project
12. News Wanted For WWDA NEWS!
13. Women with Disabilities in Development: International Roundtable
14. Pay Equity Inquiry Hearings
15. WWDA Annual Report & Summary
16. Resources – Books, Reports, Websites, Lists
17. WWDA Letter to Federal Health Minister
18. Join WWDA!
19. Feedback Letter to WWDA re Violence Prevention Work
NB: Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) will now be producing our newsletter, WWDA News, quarterly. If any organisation or individual has any relevant information/news that you would like to share please forward to wwda@wwda.org.au for inclusion. Each quarter we will send a friendly reminder asking for any valuable input. We look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards
Carolyn
Carolyn Frohmader
Executive Director
Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
PO Box 605, Rosny Park , Tasmania 7018 AUSTRALIA
Ph: +61 3 6244 8288 Fax: +61 3 6244 8255
Email: wwda@wwda.org.au
Web: www.wwda.org.au
ABN: 23 627 650 121
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From: Scholarship and Job
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:19 PM
Subject: Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award
Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award
Each year, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy confers the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award on one individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the advancement of democracy and human rights through peaceful means in Asia . As the first national democracy assistance foundation in Asia, the TFD is committed to supporting courageous individuals and groups who build democracy, stand up for justice and defend human rights, especially those in our home region.
Readmore:
http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2009/04/asia-democracy-and-human-rights-award.html
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