We Want To Go Home (60 sec PSA)
60-second PSA for Disability Rights International's (DRI) Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children
BBC followed Disability Rights International into Ukraine institutions for children with disabilities
"The billions of dollars of international aid being pumped into Ukraine during the war should also be used to shut down orphanages, support families to care for their children and build a community that accepts disability," says Eric Rosenthal, Executive director of DRI.
Side event: Lessons learned from Ukraine: Implementing the right to live in the community for children and adults in institutions during a time of war and emergency
United Nations, 15th session of Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Friday, June 17, 2022 10:00-11:15 EST |
NBC News Highlights DRI’s Work in Ukraine
Russia’s War Creates Orphanage Crisis In Ukraine. More than 11 million people have fled Ukraine as a result of Russia’s invasion. But many of most the vulnerable — mentally and physically disabled children — have been left behind.
Left Behind in the War: Dangers Facing Children with Disabilities In Ukraine’s Orphanages
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In late April 2022, Disability Rights International (DRI) brought a team of people with disabilities and family activists, including medical and disability service experts, to visit Ukraine’s institutions for children with disabilities. DRI visited three facilities for children aged six to adult, and one “baby” home for children from birth to age six. DRI finds that Ukraine’s children with disabilities with the greatest support needs are living in atrocious conditions – entirely overlooked by major international relief agencies and receiving little support from abroad.
New Report: Left Behind in the War: Dangers Facing Children with Disabilities in Ukraine's Orphanages
In late April 2022, Disability Rights International (DRI) brought a team of people with disabilities and family activists, including medical and disability service experts, to visit Ukraine’s institutions for children with disabilities. DRI finds that Ukraine’s children with disabilities with the greatest support needs are living in atrocious conditions – entirely overlooked by major international relief agencies and receiving little support from abroad.
Todavía en riesgo - Muerte y desaparición de sobrevivientes del incendio del Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción
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El 7 de marzo de 2017, un grupo de niñas, niños y adolescentes iniciaron una protesta por el abuso físico y sexual, violación y trata a los que eran sometidos en la institución Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción (Virgen de la Asunción), en la Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. Virgen de la Asunción era una institución pública donde hasta 800 niños se encontraban detenidos antes de estas protestas. Las autoridades de Virgen de la Asunción llamaron a la Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) para reprimir las protestas. Como castigo por haber protestado, un grupo de 56 niñas fue encerrado en un pequeño cuarto con capacidad para 26 personas de pie, sin baño y sin acceso a agua, donde las dejaron pasar la noche.
More than 200 endorsements of Call to Action to protect the right to family
At least 10 million children around the world grow up without the love and care of a family in orphanages, institutions and “residential care.” More than a billion dollars a year in development and charity money supports orphanages, residential care, and group homes.
Webinar recording: A Global Controversy: International Human Rights Implications of Replacing Orphanages with Small Group Homes
A Global Controversy: International Human Rights Implications of Replacing Orphanages with Small Group Homes
Call to action to protect the right to family life - webinar recordings
Reflections, practices and call to action in advance of the CRC’s Committee Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care