By Audience: Civil Society
Increasing Access to Justice for People with Disabilities
Access to justice is the equal ability to fully be heard and to participate in all aspects of the justice system in your country without discrimination on the basis of disability. Discrimination includes bad treatment on the basis of prejudice and stereotypes about disability (for example, that people with mental health disabilities are prone to commit… Continue reading Increasing Access to Justice for People with Disabilities
Cómo se ganó el primer caso guatemalteco de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad
Los derechos de las personas con discapacidad en Guatemala representan una asignatura pendiente, tanto para el Organismo Ejecutivo (encargado de la administración pública) como para el Congreso de la República (desde su función legislativa), lo anterior dado que la corriente de equiparación en derechos humanos de las personas con discapacidad en su legislación vigente aún… Continue reading Cómo se ganó el primer caso guatemalteco de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad
¿Encuentro entre dos mundos?
Durante más de ocho años fungí como coordinadora de área de una asociación civil dedicada a la promoción, difusión y defensa de derechos humanos en temas específicos, entre ellos, la igualdad y no discriminación de grupos en situaciones de alta vulnerabilidad en México, a través de estudios de investigación y acciones de incidencia en políticas… Continue reading ¿Encuentro entre dos mundos?
Inclusive Communities for All
Changing Our Stories: How One Couple Left an Institution
Developing a Certification Process for Sign Language Interpreters
Interpreter legislation in the United States is determined mostly at the state level and can vary greatly among the country’s fifty states. Perhaps the one national regulation is that court interpreters must meet standards established by the United States courts. Here are a few actions you can take to ensure that people who are Deaf will have access to… Continue reading Developing a Certification Process for Sign Language Interpreters
Utilizing Quotas to Increase Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Political participation is an important way for people with disabilities to integrate with the community and to advocate for greater accessibility. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) upholds the right of people with disabilities to vote and to run for office, yet, in many countries, there are few people with disabilities… Continue reading Utilizing Quotas to Increase Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Overview of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Many governments and donor agencies use the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to guide decisions about which development projects they should fund or who their programs should target. These decisions can impact whether their projects include people with disabilities in efforts to improve employment, access to education, public health outcomes, gender equality, and more. Understanding the… Continue reading Overview of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)