By STEVE ESTEY Thu. Mar 18 - 4:54 AM It takes a long time to clear security at UN headquarters these days. But after waiting nearly eight years for the moment, I was in no rush. Last Thursday, with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as witness, the government of Canada took the final step towards ratifying … Continue reading #Disability #rights: Coming of age at #UN
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UN SETS UP HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP TO LOOK INTO SITUATION OF HAITI’S DISABLED
New York, Mar 5 2010 10:05AM A working group comprising United Nations experts has been created to look into the situation of Haitians with disabilities, who have been disproportionately affected by January’s catastrophic earthquake. Today’s <"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=9873&LangID=E">announcement comes after a group of UN human rights experts last month appealed for the needs of the disabled in … Continue reading UN SETS UP HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP TO LOOK INTO SITUATION OF HAITI’S DISABLED
#Equity: are #Canadians really paying attention?
Recently I was watching Jack Layton on The Hour when he brought up the subject of putting Pay Equity back on the Canadian federal agenda. What's interesting about this is that in Ontario at least, pay equity has supposidly been in place since 1987, but it hasn't really happened. Now with all due respect to … Continue reading #Equity: are #Canadians really paying attention?
Human #rights tribunal orders improvements to #Toronto #polling stations
By KEVIN CONNOR, Toronto Sun Last Updated: 12th February 2010, 7:10pm Polio sufferer Peter Hughes is happy that disabled people no longer will be humiliated when they vote at polling stations. In March 2008, Hughes went to vote in a federal byelection in Toronto Centre — when Bob Rae was elected — only to find … Continue reading Human #rights tribunal orders improvements to #Toronto #polling stations
Needs of #Haiti’s #disabled must not be forgotten, says #UN expert body
9 February 2010 – A group of United Nations experts today stressed that the needs of Haitians with disabilities must be included in the relief, recovery and reconstruction processes following the earthquake that battered the small Caribbean nation last month. Persons with disabilities must not become “the forgotten ones during the emergency response and the … Continue reading Needs of #Haiti’s #disabled must not be forgotten, says #UN expert body
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