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March 8, 2013
For International Women’s Day, MIUSA recognizes and celebrates all women leaders with disabilities around the world who are revolutionizing the status of women and girls worldwide. View some of these amazing women in this slideshow. Be part of the revolution! Your donation supports our upcoming women with disabilities projects, including the Women’s Institute on Leadership [...]
March 8, 2012
For International Women’s Day, we’d like to share the story of Luu Thi Anh Loan, who participated in MIUSA’s Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability exchange in 2006. She recently returned to the United States as a Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) fellow. In her IFP Portrait, Loan talks about growing up in Vietnam [...]
December 21, 2011
Over the past 30 years, we have created spaces that bridge communities and encourage new conversations. In some cases, these turn into on-going collaborations with real results – ideas spark, new organizations begin, projects start, and friendships are formed. There’s not a lot of glory in the behind-the-scenes work to plan these gatherings – it [...]
October 10, 2011
Have you ever considered an international career? Going abroad can be a great pathway to the career you’ve always dreamed of! Join Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), Kathy Martinez for a webinar this Wednesday to learn about the state of employment for people with disabilities in [...]
August 22, 2011
Chicago isn’t just known for its deep dish pizza, Oprah and Obama, windy weather, or bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. It is also known for its active disability rights community and the density of universities, community colleges and technical institutes throughout the city and region. And I discovered recently – it is a [...]
July 13, 2011
NCDE staff sat down with Ming Canaday, University of Oregon student, wheelchair user, disability rights campaigner, and, most recently, Boren Award recipient, to find out more about her passion for international disability rights, how she got where she is now, and what she hopes to accomplish for people with disabilities in China. NCDE: Where do [...]
July 1, 2011
Photo credit, above: Darcy Kiefel Photography Over the past three months Ms. Manique Gunaratne, a MIUSA alumna from Sri Lanka who is blind, has represented women with disabilities in the international development arena throughout South Asia. In March, Manique participated with other renowned disability rights activists, development aid donors and recipients in a three-day seminar [...]
March 30, 2011
There really isn’t an easy answer to this question that I am so frequently asked by students with disabilities with a burning desire to see the world. The criteria of what makes a place a good fit for someone with a disability is also what makes a place good for someone without a disability. However, [...]
March 3, 2011
“Deaf Zambians do not need to live with restricted dreams and depend on only odd jobs,” Frances Phiri writes in his story, “In Search of a Different Career Path: My Education in the United States.” His words ring true in light of a recently released book “Higher Education in Africa: Equity, Access, Opportunity,” published by [...]
February 22, 2011
In Jordan, recent elections in November 2010 highlighted a measure of success for people with disabilities (PWD). For the first time, voting polls were more accessible, thanks to the effort of a national campaign called Takafo (“equality” in Arabic). Takafo is made up of disability rights activists and representatives of organizations for PWD. Below, we [...]
