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¿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?

Making Violence Prevention Programs Work for Women with Disabilities

Women and girls with disabilities are frequently at high risk for gender-based violence including domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, and coerced abortion and sterilization. Some programs have been successful in preventing, eliminating, and responding to violence, exploitation, and abuse against women and girls with disabilities. The publication, Making it Work initiative on gender and disability inclusion:… Continue reading Making Violence Prevention Programs Work for Women with Disabilities

Using the Inter-American Human Rights System

Introduction Indigenous women and girls with disabilities face marginalization, discrimination, and exclusion on the basis of their indigenous identity, their gender, and their disability status. Protecting their human rights may require both domestic advocacy (within your country) and also regional or international advocacy. In North, Central, and South America, indigenous women with disabilities can use… Continue reading Using the Inter-American Human Rights System

Disability Policies, Training Manuals, and Reports for Mexico

The attached documents are reports, national plans, national strategies, training materials, standards, guides, and other materials created by Mexican governmental bodies, human rights commissions, DPOs, NGOs, or other groups between 2003 and 2014. All documents are in Spanish with the exception of one report from Disability Rights International. This collection is not a comprehensive collection… Continue reading Disability Policies, Training Manuals, and Reports for Mexico

Mexico State Level Laws on Disability

Available laws are in alphabetical order by state. Not every Mexican state has passed a disability rights law, even after Mexico ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. All laws are in Spanish.