Archive for February, 2009
Posted on 25 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Deaf, Education and Training Opportunities, Fellowships & Scholarships, Opportunities, signed languages, Sub-Saharan Africa Region | Tags: English, french, language description, language documentation, linguistics, sign linguistics, summer school |
Dear all, The summer school advertised below is of interest to students of linguistics focusing on language documentation and description. The summer school has several sign linguistics courses. Courses may be in English or French. At this point it is not clear yet whether sign language interpretation can be provided. Questions, comments, and feedback on [...]
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Posted on 25 February 2009. Filed under: Human Rights, News, Women | Tags: bureau of democracy, Clinton, Democracy, disability rights, disability rights organizations, Hilary Clinton, Human Rights, Inclusion, labor, Secretary of State, Stephanie Ortoleva, US foreign policy, women's rights, women's rights organizations |
This was from a State Department town hall meeting on February 4, see: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/02/116022.htm) QUESTION: Good afternoon, Madame Secretary. It’s an honor to be working under your leadership, and I look forward to the challenges that you present. My name is Stephanie Ortoleva. I work in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. I [...]
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Posted on 24 February 2009. Filed under: Case Studies, Inclusion, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), News, Poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa Region | Tags: accessibility, African Decade of Persons with Disabilities, Deepti Samant, disabled people organization, DPO, education for all, EFA, FAMOD, Fast Track Initiative, Forum of Disability Organizations, fti, Global Partnership on Disability and Development, GPDD, GPDD Secretariat, Handicap International, HIV/AIDS, IFC, IMF, Inclusion, inclusive tourism, Inter-American Institute on Disability & Inclusive Development, Lusophone, Maputo, Maria Reina, MoE, Mozambique, Mozambique tourism Anchor Program, PARPA, people with disabilities, PRSP, World Bank |
[Note from We Can Do editor: Many developing countries are required to develop a "Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper" (PRSP) as a condition for receiving debt relief from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This strategy paper is meant to describe how the country will reduce poverty among its citizens. A country's PRSP [...]
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Posted on 24 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Call for Papers, East Asia Pacific Region, Events and Conferences, Health, HIV/AIDS, Opportunities, Women | Tags: AIDS, Asia, empowering people, gender, Indonesia, Pacific, people with disabilities |
9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP 9): “Empowering People, Strengthening Networks” August 09-13, 2009 Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia The 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Bali in August 2009 aims to address, among others, issues of mobility, migration, as well as gender and people with [...]
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Posted on 24 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Education and Training Opportunities, Employment, Inclusion, Opportunities | Tags: Alessandra Molz, developing and transition countries, developing countries, elgislation, Elisabetta Bellora, Employment, ILO, Inclusion, International Labour Organization, labour market inclusion, mechanisms, people with disabilities, professionals, social inclusion, training, training course, transition countries, Turin, Turin Center, Turrin Center |
“Labour market inclusion of people with disabilities” International Labour Organization (ILO) Training course for professionals from developing and transition countries Dates: 20 – 29 April 2009 – Language: English – Venue: Turin, Italy Application deadline: March 13, 2009 The ILO International Training Centre is offering a course on “Labour market inclusion of people with disabilities” [...]
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Posted on 24 February 2009. Filed under: Call for Papers, Disability Studies, indigenous people, Opportunities | Tags: cross-cultural, Darla Schumm, disability, interdisciplinary, Michael Stoltzfus, religion, world religion |
Call for papers Title: World Religions and Disability: Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Perspectives Edited by: Darla Schumm and Michael Stoltzfus Deadline for abstract submissions: May 1, 2009 Email: dschumm@hollins.edu and mjstoltz@valdosta.edu The editors of World Religions and Disability: Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Perspectives invite contributions for an inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural collection of essays that critically examine how [...]
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Posted on 24 February 2009. Filed under: Disaster Planning & Mitigation, News, Violence | Tags: cluster munitions, convention on cluster munitions, executive director, ICBL, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, mine ban treaty, Nobel Peace Prize, Sylvie Brigot |
A Mine-Free World, Mission Possible! ناهج زا يراع ،نیامذپ ناکما تیرومام ریتسا ! Press Release 23rd Feb – 2009, Kabul, Afghanistan – Ten years after the historic treaty banning antipersonnel mines became binding international law, campaigners in some 50 countries around the globe are taking action this week to once again draw the world’s attention [...]
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Posted on 24 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Children, Education, HIV/AIDS, Jobs & Internships, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Opportunities, Poverty | Tags: academic institutions, Africa, Catalytic Fund, children with disabilities, civil society groups, disability, education for all, education sector, education specialist, EFA, Fast Track Initiative, fti, gender, governments, HIV/AIDS, job, job opportunity, job post, low-income countries, Millennium Development Goals, Poverty, primary education, rural, students with disabilities, UNICEF, universal primary completion, urban, vulnerable children, World Bank |
ob # 090252 Job Title Education Spec. Job Family Education Location: Washington, DC Appointment International Hire Job Posted 17-Feb-2009 Closing Date 03-Mar-2009 Language Requirements English [Essential] Appointment Type Term (Duration: 2 yrs) Background / General description THIS IS A 2 YEAR TERM POSITION WITH POSSIBLE EXTENSION TO 3 YEARS. To apply go to http://extjobs.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64273552&piPK=64273556&theSitePK=1058433&JobNo=090252&order=descending&sortBy=job-req-num&location=ALL&menuPK=64262364 The [...]
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Posted on 24 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Children, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Events and Conferences, Families, Opportunities | Tags: Children, children with disabilities, children with multiple disabilities, children with special needs, Families, HealthProm, international conference, Kyrgyzstan, labor, Multiple Disabilities, parents of disabled children, Shoola Kol, social development |
International conference 7-9 April 2009 [Note application deadline March 6, 2009.] Dear colleagues! The Association of Parents of Disabled Children of Bishkek and the Public Association “Shoola Kol” in partnership with HealthProm UK-based charity and the Ministry of Labor and Social Development organizes the 3-day International conference «Innovative approaches to working with children with special [...]
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Posted on 23 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Children, Funding, Health, Human Rights, Opportunities, Slavery & Trafficking, Violence, Women, youth | Tags: child labor, child marriage, child servitude, d'esclavage, debt bondage, financial assistance, food, forced marriage, funds, Human Rights, human trafficking, humanitarian assistance, legal assistance, medical aid, physical abuse, programs, project grants, projects, psychological aid, rehabilitation centers, sale of wives, serfdom, sexual abuse, sexual slavery, shelter, slavery, street children, Trust Fund, United Nations, vocational training, wife selling |
Subject: Call for application: Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery; Appel à candidature: Fonds de contributions volontaires sur les formes contemporaines d’esclavage. English; French [Note to We Can Do readers: Organizations serving people with disabilities who have been affected by human trafficking, sexual slavery, child labor, forced marriage, or other forms of contemporary [...]
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Posted on 23 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Human Rights, Opportunities, Latin America & Caribbean, Education and Training Opportunities, Fellowships & Scholarships, Capacity Building and Leadership, youth | Tags: MIUSA, Mobility International USA, students with disabilities, USA, Costa Rica, exchange program, leadership, youth with disabilities, first-time travelers, Spanish, low-income, scholarships, minority groups, travelers, personal assistants |
Now Accepting Applications Deadline: March 20, 2009 for the Costa Rica Program this Summer! Live with a host family Learn Spanish through immersion Learn about disability rights and leadership Go Abroad with Mobility International USA June 26 to July 10, 2009 Generous Scholarships Available! Applications available online now First time travelers with disabilities who are [...]
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Posted on 22 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Deaf, Education and Training Opportunities, Fellowships & Scholarships, Opportunities, signed languages, South Asian Region | Tags: academic skills, BA, Claire Perdomo, deaf studies, English literacy, entry program, India, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, scholarships, Sibaji Panda, sign language, sign language studies, tuition fee |
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS The Deaf Empowerment Foundation is offering scholarships for students in the 2009/2010 academic year for study in the newly launched 4-year BA (Hons) Applied Sign Language Studies. This course is a joint international initiative. It was developed at the International Centre for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies in the UK and [...]
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Posted on 22 February 2009. Filed under: Cognitive Impairments, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Human Rights, News, Psychiatric Disabilities | Tags: BHC, Bulgaria, Bulgarian Helsinki committee, Bulgarian Parliament, institutions, intellectual disabilities, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, MDAC, mental disabilities, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, OMCT, parliament, psycho-social disabilities, psychosocial disabilities, United Nations, World Organization Against Torture |
Geneva, 3 December 2008 On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) and the Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) come together to express their serious concern over the situation of persons with mental disabilities, one of the most marginalised and discriminated groups in Bulgarian [...]
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Posted on 22 February 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized |
The IDA CRPD Forum has been set-up by the International Disability Alliance (IDA) http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/ to continue the work of the International Disability Caucus. The IDA CRPD Forum upholds the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as the universal standard for the human rights of all persons with disabilities that takes precedence over [...]
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Posted on 22 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Children, Human Rights, Opportunities, Events and Conferences, Women, HIV/AIDS, Education and Training Opportunities, Capacity Building and Leadership, youth | Tags: fund raising, Human Rights, youth, Millennium Development Goals, advocacy, Health, forum, HIV/AIDS, leadership, hunger, media, fundraising, environment, universal declaration of human rights, UNESCO, training, programs, Conflict Resolution, English, international leadership forum, university of connecticut, intergenerational forum, human rights problems, debates, educaiton, child soldiers, use of media, transformation, litigation, community service, gender discrimination, racism, classism, peace education |
International Leadership Forum Announcement – Call for Applications [Note to We Can Do readers: This opportunity is not targeted at disability advocates, but young leaders with an interest in disability-related advocacy may wish to read the criteria below and consider whether their interests may usefully intersect.] The UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights [...]
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Posted on 17 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Education and Training Opportunities, Fellowships & Scholarships, Opportunities, Sub-Saharan Africa Region | Tags: AAU, Association of African Universities, diverse backgrounds, economic justice, Ford Foundation, IFP, International Fellowships Program, Nigeria, Pathfinder International, social justice, WARC, West Africa, West Africa Research Center |
International Fellowships Program (IFP), West Africa Application deadline for 2010/11 academic year is February 27, 2009. If you have missed the application deadline for the 2010/11 academic year, then please consult the Association of African Universities IFP web site directly to learn about next year’s application opportunity for the 2011/12 or subsequent academic years. http://www.aau.org/ifp/announce.htm [...]
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Posted on 17 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Education and Training Opportunities, Human Rights, Opportunities | Tags: advanced course, case law, Finland, Human Rights, international human rights, international protection of human rights |
The 2009 Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights will be organized between 17 and 28 August, in Turku/Åbo, Finland. Application deadline: 20 April 2009. The course aims at providing a profound insight into, and analysis of, the system of international human rights protection in the light of contemporary problems and relevant case [...]
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Posted on 17 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Education and Training Opportunities, Human Rights, Opportunities | Tags: Abo Akademi University, developing countries, disability rights, Finland, Human Rights, law, law degree, master's degree |
The Institute for Human Rights and the Department of Law at Abo Akademi University offer a two-year Master’s Degree Programme in International Human Rights Law. The application deadline for the 2009-2011 program is: 27 February 2009 at 4 pm (CET+1). Both the application and all supporting documents must be submitted by this time. Applications arriving [...]
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Posted on 16 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Human Rights, Cross-Disability, Opportunities, South Asian Region, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Funding, Democratic Participation, Capacity Building and Leadership, Call for Nominations or Applications | Tags: India, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations, CRPD, Mexico, disability rights, ratification, Funding, grants, disabled people's organizations, DPOs, Diana Samarasan, Disability rights fund, organizations, ukraine, legislation, grantmaking, DPO coalitions, shadow reports |
English; Español; українською мовою; на русском языке Disability Rights Fund Releases 2009 Request for Proposals: 3 New Countries Targeted in First Round FEBRUARY16, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON, MA – The Disability Rights Fund (DRF)—a groundbreaking grantmaking collaborative supporting the human rights of people with disabilities—today announced its first 2009 grants round, “Raising Our Voice,” [...]
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Posted on 15 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Arts, Call for Audio & Visual Materials, Children, Events and Conferences, Opportunities, South Asian Region | Tags: Children, children with disabilities, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, NOWPDP, organizations, Pakistan, schools |
The Network of Organizations Working for People with Disabilities in Pakistan (NOWPDP) is sponsoring a national art competition for children with disabilities aged 12 to 16. The age limit is waived for participants with mental disabilities. All member and non-member schools are invited to participate. The competition will be held on the 1st of March [...]
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Posted on 12 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Health, HIV/AIDS, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, Sub-Saharan Africa Region | Tags: civil society, database, diagnosis, directory of services, disability, dissemination, government, Handicap International, healthcare services, job post, local diagnostic expert, Maputo, Matola, Mozambique, PAIOL, participative diagnosis, people with disabilities, Portuguese, Project Team, RAVIM, social and economical situation, social sciences, social services |
Handicap International is looking for Local Diagnostic Expert COUNTRY : Mozambique CITY : Maputo Starting date: 01/04/09 (April 1, 2009) Length of the assignment : one year Closing date for application : 01/03/09 (March 1, 2009) Advertisement reference : HB-LDE-Moz0902 Handicap International is an international organisation specialised in the field of disability. Non-governmental, non-religious, non-political [...]
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Posted on 10 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Call for Nominations or Applications, Education and Training Opportunities, Events and Conferences, Opportunities | Tags: Amy Wilson, disability, Gallaudet University, international development, master's degree |
Gallaudet University offers a Master’s Degree in International Development which prepares students to collaborate with a variety of groups which wish to include people with disabilities in their organizations, development projects and programs. The degree draws on theories and material from disability studies, international relations, public policy, research and evaluation. Students study significant topics in [...]
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Posted on 10 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Deaf, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, South Asian Region | Tags: Bangladesh, Deaf, job opportunity, job post, Mobile Phone Company, mobility impairment |
The following job vacancy notice is targeted at people in Bangladesh who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have physical disabilities. The application deadline is February 12, 2009. Subject: [1191] “Career Opportunity for People with Disabilities!” Dear Friends, Please find the following circular on career opportunity for people with Disabilities. You are cordially [...]
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Posted on 10 February 2009. Filed under: Academic Papers and Research, Announcements, Call for Papers, Children, Cognitive Impairments, Families, Inclusion, Opportunities, Poverty | Tags: adults with disabilities, adults with intellectual disabilities, Call for Papers, children with disabilities, children with intellectual disabilities, deprivation, disadvantage, Eric Emerson, Families, inequality, inequity, intellectual disabilities, Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, low-income countries, middle-income countries, Penny Crino, policies, Poverty, research, social exclusion, Susan Parish |
The Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability is seeking submissions for a special issue of their publication that will examine poverty, deprivation, social exclusion and disadvantage. The particular focus of this issue will be on understanding the role that poverty and social deprivation play in shaping the life chances of children and adults with intellectual [...]
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Posted on 10 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Children, Deaf, Health, Resources, Women | Tags: a Health Handbook, deaf children, helping children who are deaf, Hesperian Foundation, manual de salud, Mujeres con Discapacidades, ninos sordos, Spanish web site, women with disabilities |
Texto español Hesperian announces two new titles in Spanish and a spiffy new Spanish Web Site: Un Manual de salud para mujeres con dispacidad, the Spanish version of A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities, arrived to our offices today and we are very excited to have this wonderful material now available in Spanish. Un [...]
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Posted on 7 February 2009. Filed under: Deaf, Education, Human Rights, indigenous people, Networking Opportunities, News, Opportunities, Resources, South Asian Region, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Women | Tags: AdHoc_IDC, Africa, African Decade of Persons with Disabilities, Asia-Pacific, AsiaPacificDisabilities, AskSource, asksource.info, Centre for Services and Information on Disability, conference announcements, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, CSID, Deaf, deaf studies, Deaf Studies Africa, deafintl, DeafStudiesAfrica, developing countries, disability, disability advocates, Disability and Human Rights, Disability Research List, Disabled People International, discussion groups, DPI, EENET, EENET_Eastern_Africa, electronic newsletter, Enabling Education Network, facebook, facebook networking groups, ghulam nabi nizamani, global development briefing, Global Partnership on Disability and Development, GPDD, grassroots advocates, Human Rights, human rights africa, IDA_CRPD_Forum, idealist.org, IIDCWG, indigenous people, indigenous people with disabilities, information, information exchange, internatioanl development professionals, international development, International Development and Disability News, International Disability Alliance, International Network of Women With Disabilities, Intl-Dev, INWWD, job announcement, listservers, mailing lists, MIUSA, Mobility International USA, networking, newsletter, people with disabilities, RatifyNow, resource list, sign languages, South Asia, We Can Do blog, wnusp, Women, women with disabilities, World network of users and survivors of psychiatry, WWD, you |
Skip directly to Resource List; Skip to bottom of page Asides from this blog, where can you find information and resources on disability in developing countries? And, how can you network with other people in the field? If you’re a regular We Can Do reader, you know that this site has links to many resources [...]
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Posted on 6 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Inclusion, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, Sub-Saharan Africa Region | Tags: AIDS, CBM, CBR, CCBRT, civil society, community program director, Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation, coping strategies, disability coordinators, disability rehabilitation, disability rights, equal rights, evaluation, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, IEC, implementation, Inclusion, Information Education and Communication, job post, monitoring, NACP, National Platform, NGO, non-governmental organization, people with disabilities, PEPFAR, project manager, Rehabilitation, strategies, TACAIDS, Tanzania, training manuals, VCT |
CCBRT is Seeking to Employ a Project Manager for a PEPFAR funded Project “Making HIV/Aids Strategies Inclusive for People with Disabilities” Application Deadline February 21, 2009 *Introduction* Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania (CCBRT) is a locally registered Non Governmental Organization (NGO) first established in 1994. It is the largest indigenous provider of disability rehabilitation services [...]
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Posted on 6 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Cross-Disability, Employment, Jobs & Internships, Latin America & Caribbean, Opportunities | Tags: Banco Interamericano del Desarrollo, Coordinador de Proyecto Inclusión Social y Laboral, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fondo Multilateral de Inversión, IDB, La Fundación para las Américas, Mexico, MIF, Peru, Trust for the Americas |
This job announcement is in Spanish; I did not receive an English equivalent. It is provided here for We Can Do readers who know Spanish. ANUNCIO DE VACANTE REGIONAL (Fecha de cierre: 23 Febrero de 2009) Fortaleciendo Oportunidades de Empleo para Personas con Discapacidad (ATN/ME-10888-RG) DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA POSICIÓN TITULO: Coordinador de Proyecto Inclusión Social [...]
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Posted on 5 February 2009. Filed under: accessibility, Announcements, Events and Conferences, Inclusion, Opportunities, South Asian Region, universal design, Urban Development | Tags: accessibility, accessible tourism, accessible transit, accessible transportation, architecture, BRT, conference, design, developing world, disabled people's organizations, DPOs, hotel industry, inclusive design, India, international trends, Jamie Osborne, Lalita Sen, ministry of transport and tourism, New Delhi, Subhash Chandra Vashishth, Svayam, Tom Rickert, tourist market, town planners, transit planner, transit planners, transport manufactures, Travel Chain, travel trade, universal design, urban planners, urban planning, World Bank |
Svayam — an initiative of SJ Charitable Trust, has the pleasure of inviting you to a Conference on Accessible Transportation and Tourism scheduled on the 24th & 25th March 2009 at New Delhi, where in besides Indian speakers & participants, renowned international experts on BRT and Accessibility issues like Mr. Tom Rickert, Mr. Jamie Osborne [...]
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Posted on 5 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Deaf, Education and Training Opportunities, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, signed languages, Sub-Saharan Africa Region | Tags: addis ababa university, deaf studies, department of linguistics, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Deaf Culture, Ethiopian sign language, expatriate lecturer, job post, lecturer, linguistics, sign language, sign language linguistics, signed languages |
IMMIDIATE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT • POSITION: Expatriate Lecturers (2) • Sign Language & Deaf Culture Position needed: – Lecturer in Linguistics (with expertise in sign language linguistics and/or deaf studies) Addis Ababa University’s Department of Linguistics has launched the Bachelors of Arts degree in Ethiopian Sign Language and Deaf Culture this academic year (2008-2009). It is [...]
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Posted on 5 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Call for Comments or Information, Children, Cross-Disability, Education, Inclusion, Opportunities | Tags: Asia, children with disabilities, disability, disabled children, disabled students, Eastern Africa, EENET, EENET website redesign, Enabling Education Network, feedback, organizing documents, redesign, students with disabilities, website |
[Note to We Can Do readers: For years, people in the field of disability inclusive education have turned to the Enabling Education Network (EENET) for information, resources, and opportunities for debate. EENET has disseminated the following announcement, and is seeking responses by the end of February 2009.] This year EENET is going to redesign its [...]
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Posted on 2 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Events and Conferences, Human Rights, Opportunities, Psychiatric Disabilities, Sub-Saharan Africa Region | Tags: conference, disability rights, General Assembly, Human Rights, Kampala, madness, mental health problems, Mental Health Uganda, psychiatry, psychosocial disabilities, scholarships, survivor of mental health services, survivor of psychiatry, Uganda, user of mental health services, user of psychiatry, wnusp, World Conference, World network of users and survivors of psychiatry |
[Note a limited number of scholarships for conference participants from developing or low-income countries.] Dear all, If you are a user or survivor of psychiatry (a person who has experienced madness or mental health problems, or who has used or survived mental health services), you are welcome to join the WNUSP General Assembly in Kampala, [...]
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Posted on 1 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, Sub-Saharan Africa Region | Tags: Botswana, DFID, disabled people, employment opportunities, Information and Communication Manager, job opportunities, job post, job posts, peopel with disabilities, Research Programme Director, SAFOD, Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled, SRP |
[Please note that this blog post advertises two different job posts, both located in Francistown, Botswana with the same organization. Read carefully before applying.] The Southern Africa Federation Of the Disabled (SAFOD) is seeking to engage the services of dynamic, qualified and experienced professionals for the positions of Research Programme Director and Information and Communication [...]
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Posted on 5 February 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Call for Comments or Information, Children, Cross-Disability, Education, Inclusion, Opportunities | Tags: Asia, children with disabilities, disability, disabled children, disabled students, Eastern Africa, EENET, EENET website redesign, Enabling Education Network, feedback, organizing documents, redesign, students with disabilities, website |
[Note to We Can Do readers: For years, people in the field of disability inclusive education have turned to the Enabling Education Network (EENET) for information, resources, and opportunities for debate. EENET has disseminated the following announcement, and is seeking responses by the end of February 2009.] This year EENET is going to redesign its [...]
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