International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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Title: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Location: Maldives
Description: Each year December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The Day aims to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of their communities.
Start Date: 2010-12-03
End Date: 2010-12-04

The Council to Protect the Rights of People with Disabilities

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Last month, the “Disabilities Act”(Bill 8/2010, hereafter referred to as “disAbility Bill”) got ratified by President Nasheed. This disAbility Bill was a direct result of ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability or CRPD. One of the things that CRPD urge ratified countries is to pass legislature supporting rights of PWDs. It also made it compulsory for the state to form a “Committee on Rights of People with Disabilities”(CRPD: Article 34, Clause 1). So the disAbility Bill which got ratified on 9th July 2010 consisted a “Council to Protect the Rights of People with Disabilities”(<–Person first Language not used there!, hereafter referred as “the Council”) and has representations from;

  1. President’s candidate
  2. Ministry of Health and Family
  3. A Doctor from Maldives Medical Association
  4. A Psychiatrist
  5. A Non-governmental organization
  6. A Person with a disability
  7. A Parent of a PWD

Read more at Yafaau.info/blog

Lucy’s blog-Some great things have been achieved

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My assignment in the Maldives and our direct projects here have come to an end. I am writing on behalf of Handicap International Maldives, and all the people who have worked for us / with us over the past four and a half years. I would like to thank you and your colleagues for all the positive support and collaboration you have given in helping us to achieve our goals of promoting the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities and therefore services for people with disabilities…

Read more at Lucy’s Blog – Country Director, Maldives. Handicap International

Disability Act Orientation for Parents

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Title: Disability Act Orientation for Parents
Location: Imadhudheen School Hall
Description: Volunteers from Health sector, Care Society, ADD, MDA and their parents meetup for an orientation on Disability Act comments.
Start Time: 20:30
Date: 2010-01-18
End Time: 23:00