Contents: Issue no. 27 December 2005 - January 2006
International Reports
ILO: Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- Action in Development
WHO Calls for an End to Abuse of Persons with Mental Disorders
International Wheelchair Standards Committee Formed
Poverty, Disability, and Development Aid in Economically Weaker Countries: trends, critique, and lessons usually not learnt (a bibliography, with introduction and some annotation)
Selected Reports and Research on Needs of People with Disabilities in Disasters: international review
Terre des Hommes: International NGO Includes Children with Disabilities
Africa
African Disability Decade Holds International Partners Meeting, Addis Ababa
Women With Disabilities in Zimbabwe
Coordinating Taskforce of the Global Partnership on Disability and Development Meets in Ethiopia
Disability Community in Ghana Unites to Integrate its Concerns in Poverty Reduction Strategy
Nigerian Polio Survivors Rally for Immunization
Looking for a great disability and development film? "Emmanuel's Gift" comes pretty close...
Children's Art Contest Held by African Disability Decade, Capetown
Arab Region
Tunis Declaration on Information Society for People with Disabilities
More than 600 attend RI Regional Arab Conference in Bahrain in November
New Muslim World Initiative Focuses on Disability and Exchange Opportunities in the Middle East
Asia and Pacific
Improving Access to Paralimentary Elections in Azerbaijan
From the Black Sea to Lake Baikal: Disabled Youth Teams Tackle Barriers to Education
Australia: Human Rights Medal and Awards Announced
India Holds National Conference on Inclusive Education
Pakistan: Islamabad Conference Focuses on Development
Myanmar: Children's Literature and Disability
Europe
Inclusive Education Comes to Russia
Remarkable New Russian-English Media Resource Supporting Inclusive Education
UNICEF Study on Disabled Children in Central and Eastern Europe
International Human Rights Day Noted by Mental Disability Advocacy Center Based in Hungary
European Union Calls on Turkey to Improve Rights of People with Mental Disabilities
Irish Study Finds Disabled People Twice as Likely to Live in Poverty
Media Marathon in Munich: 292 films screened, 50 short-listed, 26 selected for festival, 4 Winners
North America
U.S. State Department Forms Disability Advisory Committee
U.S. Congressional Briefing Held November 10 on Emergency Management and People with Disabilities
News Briefs
Resources
Disability BUZZ: Disability & Development: 10 Best & Worst of 2005
Calendar of Events, Announcements, and Calls for Papers
Job Announcements
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