Archive for June, 2009
Posted on 23 June 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Call for Comments or Information, Deaf | Tags: Center for International Programs and Services, CIPS, Deaf, deaf organizations, Gallaudet University, NGOs, non-governmental organizations, organizations |
The Center for International Programs and Services (CIPS) at Gallaudet University is seeking assistance in identifying both national- and local-level deaf organizations around the world. Gallaudet is the only liberal arts university for deaf students internationally and is in Washington, DC. CIPS plans to develop a web site providing information for Deaf individuals and deaf [...]
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Posted on 12 June 2009. Filed under: Academic Papers and Research, Announcements, Call for Nominations or Applications, Funding, Human Rights, Inclusion, Opportunities, Policy & Legislation | Tags: accessibility, Department of Defense, disability accessible, DoD, facilities, Funding, funding opportunity, inclusive, NCD, overseas, people with disabilities, Rehabilitation Act, research, US |
NCD Announces Funding (Research) Opportunity On May 13, the National Council on Disability in the US announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NCD-09-02) for a cooperative agreement to study “The Accessibility of U.S.-funded Overseas Facilities and Programs.” NCD is interested in examining and understanding the responsibilities of U.S.-funded overseas facilities and programs, both public and [...]
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Posted on 5 June 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Human Rights, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities | Tags: community capacity, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, developing countries, Diana Samarasan, disability rights, Disability rights fund, eastern europe, former soviet union, global South, grantmaking, job post, program officer, rights of persons with disabilities, Tides Center, UN, United Nations |
Disability Rights Fund seeks Program Officer About the position The Program Officer position offers a unique opportunity to join a groundbreaking grantmaking initiative supporting the rights of persons with disabilities. As a member of a small team, the Program Officer will help shape the Fund as it matures and incorporates the best strategies in funding [...]
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Posted on 4 June 2009. Filed under: Announcements, East Asia Pacific Region, Education, Employment, Health, Human Rights, Inclusion, News, Policy & Legislation, Rehabilitation, Reports, Resources, signed languages, Violence, Women | Tags: disabilities, disabled women, Pacific, Women, women with disabilities |
A new report has been released about the human rights situation of women with disabilities in the Pacific region.
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Posted on 4 June 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Call for Nominations or Applications, Capacity Building and Leadership, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, Sub-Saharan Africa Region | Tags: Board, budget, CV, facilitator, financial proposal, governance training, Handicap International, job post, Kenya, Somalia, technical proposal, TOR, training |
Job post for facilitator to conduct training in governance for the board of Handicap International in Kenya.
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Posted on 1 June 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Employment, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, South Asian Region | Tags: BrightSpyre, employees, employers, job board, job hunters, job opportunities, Pakistan, Special Talent Exchange Program, STEP, Telenor Pakistan, workers with disabilities |
Workers with disabilities in Pakistan now have a new on-line resource that may help in finding jobs. In a collaborative effort, BrightSpyre and STEP (Special Talent Exchange Program) have launched an on-line job board that lists jobs with employers seeking to hire disabled workers. STEP is a cross-disability organization in Pakistan that is run by [...]
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Posted on 1 June 2009. Filed under: East Asia Pacific Region, Human Rights, News, Opinion | Tags: Asia Pacific Disability Forum, Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Bangladesh, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, Disabled Peoples’ International, Fiji, Inclusion International, India, Indonesia, International Disability Alliance, International Federation of Hard of Hearing People, KAMPI, Katipunan ng Maykapansanan sa Pilipinas, Malaysia, Manila, Nepal, Philippines, Rehabilitation International, Republic of Korea, Samoa, sida, Swedish international development agency, Thailand, UN, United Nations, Vietnam, world blind union, World Federation of the Deaf, World Federation of the Deafblind, World network of users and survivors of psychiatry |
IDA – Asia Pacific Regional Conference on the CRPD Implementation and Monitoring MANILA DECLARATION February 11-12th, 2009 We, the delegates from The Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Samoa, Fiji, and Republic of Korea being members of Disabled Peoples’ International, Inclusion International, International Federation of Hard of Hearing People, Rehabilitation International, World Blind [...]
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Helping Find Deaf Organizations Around the World
Posted on 23 June 2009. Filed under: Announcements, Call for Comments or Information, Deaf | Tags: Center for International Programs and Services, CIPS, Deaf, deaf organizations, Gallaudet University, NGOs, non-governmental organizations, organizations |
The Center for International Programs and Services (CIPS) at Gallaudet University is seeking assistance in identifying both national- and local-level deaf organizations around the world. Gallaudet is the only liberal arts university for deaf students internationally and is in Washington, DC. CIPS plans to develop a web site providing information for Deaf individuals and deaf [...]
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