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UN Online Side Event June 11: US Disability Community Responds to Attacks on Inclusion, Cuts in Funding
Disability Rights International (DRI) & United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD) cohosted this 2 part UN COSP side-event exploring international implications of recent developments in the United States and around the world.
UN COSP Side Event Remarks by Gerard Quinn: The Decline and Future Reconstruction of the US Civil Rights Model on Disability
DRI sponsored UN COSP virtual side-event on June 9th - Overcoming abuse, trauma, and exclusion in indigenous communities
Disability Rights International (DRI) hosted this UN COSP virtual side-event exploring the challenges that indigenous people with disabilities are facing in communities in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and the United States.
Overcoming abuse, trauma, and exclusion in indigenous communities:
Innovative approaches to mental health and education
Monday, June 9 | 11:30-12:45 PM ET
Zoom Webinar
Speakers:
Introduction & Moderator:
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.
Charles Bronfman Prize Anniversary Spotlights Human Rights of Children with Disabilities
DRI's Priscila Rodríguez speaks at UN Side Event on Strategic Litigation to Protect People with Disabilities
DRI Pushes for House Passage of International Children with Disabilities Protection Act
The International Children with Disabilities Protection Act protects children with disabilities to live and grow up in a family and avoid being placed in an institution or orphanage. It is everything we've fought for over 30 years.