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U.S. Alliance Hosts Day of Mourning

Content Note: filicide, suicide, abuse  Every year on March 1st, the disability community across the United States comes together to remember the victims of filicide: people with disabilities killed by their family members or caregivers. To honor the victims, WEI took part in a virtual vigil hosted by the U.S. Alliance (now formally known as […]

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Accessibility is the First Step

Accessibility is a first – and non-negotiable – step. This is the message that WEI brought to Geneva in February on behalf of the Inclusive Generation Equality Collective. We were there to advocate for the inclusion of disability perspectives in the upcoming general recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) […]

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Raising Awareness of Rights at Risk

Article 11 of the Convention on the Persons of Disabilities (CRPD) addresses Humanitarian Emergencies s and Situations of Risk. That is a big umbrella – striving to cover everything from armed conflict to natural disasters to climate change to global pandemics.  The CRPD Committee, the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention, […]

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