Indigenous persons with #disabilities from 🇰🇪 are in #Nairobi for a 2-day workshop with a call for intersectionality. Climate change, economic activities esp. tourism, impact the lives of #indigenous people, yet they are not always connected to decision-making processes. #CRPD
as representatives from across Africa come together in #Nairobi🇰🇪 to discuss how the treaty can be effectively implemented and ratification can turn to accessible books. #CRPD#A11y#MarrakeshTreat#RightToRead
👨🏻💻Roundtable delegates discuss challenges facing the harmonization of domestic legislation in #AsiaPacific with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with #Disabilities.
#MakeTheRightReal#CRPD
first they vote for assisted death for disabled people where death isn't foreseeable. and now they vote for a #Canadadisabilitybenefit that excludes disabled seniors & disability related costs that promises to leave 100s of thousands in abject poverty without our #CRPD rights.
charter says province sets eligibility 4 govt charity / 'welfare' /"income of last resort" @liberal_party had @planinstitute's @Disability_WP silence #disabled & any talk of the #CRPD +Guessing @NDP@CanadianGreens@partiquebecois had deal w liberals? 2 sell us. #CdnPoli#PWD twitter.com/Victor_Lees/st…
Funny that. Accessibility is a precondition 4 persons w disabilities 2 live independently & participate fully & equally in society. & Canadian Govts r obligated by int'l law 2 implement that right (#CRPD#Article9) but haven't. There is no CRPD right to accessibility in Canada.
Replying to @bc_disability@MS_athleteand@dbwillows
I find this to be a very unfair blanket statement. It’s far more likely that policy planners are reactive to climate activists and then failing to consider pwd in response. I don’t know a single climate activist who wouldn’t be thrilled to increase accessible infrastructure.
its truly revolting the way partisans lobby for their party while undermining disability rights. The #CanadaDisabilityBenefit is not enough. Where is our #CRPD#Article28 right to an adequate standard of living & social protection? Shelly is no advocate except of course 4 shelly
"The Liberal party get a B+, the NDP party get a B- and the Greens and Conservatives both earned a grade of D.
Coalition chairperson Shelley Petit said disabled"
the point of the #crpd is to ensure #disabled people have the same #HumanRights as everyone else .. a lack of being able to access the community, school, work, arts, culture & sports... unable to be free of violence & abuse. A bit of charity is no compensation 4 having no rights
The U.N. was basically saying that they objected to Maid changes because Canada was not providing adequate supports and incomes. They were shocked by the poverty. They felt ppl wud b funneled to Maid due to lack of supports. If it was fixed Then maybe they wud b ok with it.
Next year there will be a national consultation on embedding human rights into Scots Law. This includes the #CRPD the rights of disabled people. Important step in #Scotland#transformational will shift power and culture.