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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 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 [...]
February 15, 2011
Providing small grants to disability organizations such as The National Association of DeafBlind Colombia (SURCOE) can have wide impact toward major development organizations including people with disabilities. Disabled People’s Organizations have a unique role to play in the international field, educating development actors and serving as local experts on disability inclusion in cross-cutting projects such [...]
February 8, 2011
In Ethiopia, MIUSA is working with the Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) to implement activities in Addis Ababa and beyond. ECDD recently celebrated its 5th anniversary of promoting and facilitating capacity-building for inclusive development in Ethiopia, holding events to highlight accessibility in Addis Ababa, inclusive employment issues, and inclusion in Ethiopian HIV/AIDS services. [...]
January 11, 2011
Having completed the training phase of their USAID-funded MIUSA small grants project, FundaMental Colombia recently spent some time reflecting on their activities and achievements during 2010. The Disabled People’s Organization (DPO), led by and for people with psycho-social disabilities, has been engaging the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to expand disability inclusion in IOM development [...]
November 16, 2010
With an estimated 650 million people with disabilities worldwide, the vast majority of which live in the developing world and constitute the poorest of the poor, fully inclusive development is absolutely imperative. MIUSA’s trainings are changing the paradigm of international development by framing the inclusion of people with disabilities as a human rights issue. All [...]
