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Community Forum on US Foreign Policy and Funding Cuts: Understanding the Impact on the Global Disability Community

MEETING REPORT AND ACTION STEPS NOW AVAILABLE (click read more below)

DRI and USICD hosted an international gathering bringing together disability, human rights, and international development leaders to discuss the impact on people with disabilities of Trump Administration foreign policy changes and funding cuts.

DRI Founder, Eric Rosenthal, speaks at the UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue on disability and Sustainable Development Goals

Eric Rosenthal, DRI Founder & Executive Director, spoke at the recent webinar, Making the SDGs Work for and with Persons with Disabilities: A UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue on Tuesday, December 17th. 

View the event recording here: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k15/k15pdgmjgt 

DRI's Priscila Rodríguez speaks at UN Side Event on Strategic Litigation to Protect People with Disabilities

Watch the recording of the UN side event "The Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Strategic Litigation" featuring a presentation from Priscila Rodríguez on how DRI's recent work will have a profound impact on litigating the rights of persons with disabilities.
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Joint Position on Large Foster Care

The Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization adopts a Joint Position on the use of large foster care as a form of institutionalization of children. This position concerns the use of large foster care on a broad scale as a matter of public policy and aims to promote an understanding of the right to family life for children that is in line with the UN CRPD and the UN Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization, Including in Emergencies.
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