Access Bangladesh Foundation which advocates and promotes equality for disabled, underprivileged and extremely poor people in all spheres of life, through education, health care, appropriate training, employment, communication, and barrier free environment released a video on the World Bank funded Skills and Training Enhancement Project (STEP) in Bangladesh. The video, a summary of the in-depth …
Society and Disability and the Peruvian Down Syndrome Society, civil society organizations in Peru advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities, have produced a video on the impact of the World Bank funded Lima Urban Transport Project (Metropolitano) and the Mainstreaming Inclusive Design and Universal Mobility in Lima Project on persons with disabilities. The …
The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU), an indigenous umbrella organization of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Uganda working to promote the equalisation of opportunities and active participation of PWDs in mainstream development processes, has produced a video on the impact of the World Bank funded National Agriculture Advisory Services (NAADS) in Uganda …
The Disability and World Bank Safeguards Campaign, together with its Peruvian focal point organizations Society and Disability and the Peruvian Down Syndrome Society, participated in the World Bank Annual Meetings in Lima, Peru October 6-9, 2015. The Campaign was joined by Catalina Devandas, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to advocate for …
BIC’s World Bank Safeguards Campaign celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by working with Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Lima, Peru to build and enhance their capacity on the World Bank.
Life Haven Independent Living Center, a member of the Philippine Coalition on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, releases its most recent case study on the impact of the World Bank funded National Community Driven Development Program (NCDDP) on persons with disabilities in the Philippines. The Community Driven Development approach allows empowered …
101 organizations and individuals endorse a letter to the World Bank President on disability and Safeguards.