The Disability Rights Fund[1] (DRF) – a collaborative among donors and disability activists to support the human rights of people with disabilities around the world – announces 65 new grants totaling $1,382,050 to Disabled Persons’ Organizations in eleven countries; 27 of these grants are to current grantees. Since its founding in 2008, DRF has gifted over $2.7 million to 87 different organizations in fourteen countries. DRF currently supports work in: Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru; Ghana, Namibia, Uganda; Bangladesh, India; and 14 Pacific Island countries: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

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5th International Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD)www.miusa.org/exchange/wild2010
To take place August 6 - 29, 2010 Eugene, Oregon, USA
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The UN in Viet Nam seeks 01 International consultant and 01 national consultant to deliver Gender Mainstreaming Training for UN staff in Viet Nam.

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It is widely known that the media play a powerful role in the lives of people. The media are mirrors of society and reflect our norms, beliefs and values, acting as a prism through which we interpret the world around us.

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From June 6-12, 2010, VSA arts will bring together artists, educators, researchers, and policy makers with disabilities from around the world for a multicultural celebration of the arts and arts education. Featuring visual, performing, literary, media artists, and a guest list that includes over two thousand participants from all corners of the globe.

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New training tool for HR to support CRPD United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in support of the CRPD is raising awareness of its staff on issues related to persons with disabilities via a new online training tool to facilitate their integration into the workforce.

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The conference call for papers is now open and will close on January 31, 2010. Individuals are encouraged to submit proposals that focus on 1 of 10 categories:

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A couple has been charged with trafficking disabled Vietnamese people to Thailand and organizing them into a begging ring,an official said Tuesday.

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Disabled Peoples’ International – Asia Pacific is preparing to organize the photo exhibition on disabled women as a part of the project called “Promotion of the Access to Reproductive Rights of Disabled Women”. This project sets forth to promote and raise awareness on the rights to health and reproductive rights of women with disabilities usually overlooked (you can use a softer word here such as “overlooked”) in Thai society.

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