DRI hosts UN panel on children's rights at disability conference (COSP)
The panel will discuss strategies to end violence against children in institutions by enforcing their right to grow up in a family.
Dragana Ciric Milovanovic, DRI-Serbia, speaks at UN on violence against women
Dragana Ciric Milovanovic, Director of DRI's European Regional Office, speaks at the United Nations in New York in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Reception honoring David Morrissey - June 2
Join DRI in celebrating two outstanding disability activists as they transition to new roles -
David Morrissey is leaving the United States International Council on Disabilities after many dedicated years as Executive Director
Priscila Rodriguez, formerly Director of DRI's country office in Mexico City, has joined DRI's Washington office as Associate Director for Advocacy
Please join us for a reception
Watch Eric Rosenthal at UN - Protecting Children from Torture
DRI Executive Director Eric Rosenthal participated in an event launching the book Protecting Children against Torture in Detention: Global Solutions for a Global Problem.
- Watch the livestream of the event here - Eric begins speaking at the 48:00 minute mark.
Protecting Children against Torture in Detention: Global Solutions for a Global Problem
Associate Director for Advocacy joins DRI's DC office
Priscila Rodriguez joins DRI's DC office as Associate Director of Advocacy and Lisbet Brizuela is the new Director of DRI's Mexico and Central America office.
Eric Rosenthal delivers commencement address at Georgetown Law Center
Watch Rosenthal's commencement address at Georgetown University Law Center here.
DRI President Laurie Ahern on Experience Talks radio show
Listen to DRI President Laurie Ahern discuss how her personal background led her to DRI and her commitment to our work on Experience Talks, a radio show based in Los Angeles. Listen here: http://www.experiencetalks.org/listen.
Laurie Ahern is the winner of the 2015 Encore.org Purpose Prize.
CNN Should Reexamine Support of Orphanages -- DRI President Laurie Ahern
As in several previous years, CNN continues to reward ill-advised but well-meaning, caring people who build and staff orphanages in developing countries. By doing so, CNN is perpetuating an outmoded belief that orphanages are a safe refuge for children.
Eric Rosenthal receives award from Phillips Exeter Academy
DRI's Founder and Executive Director Eric Rosenthal is the 2015 recipient of the John Phillips Award from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. Each year, the John Phillips Award recognizes an Exeter alum whose life demonstrates the school's ideal of goodness and knowledge united in noble character and usefulness to mankind.
The Visionaries premieres at Busboys and Poets
Disability Rights International is featured on The Visionaries, the award-winning public television series, hosted by acclaimed actor Sam Waterston.