Rodgers Musuma – Disability Rights Watch

May 16, 2025

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROJECT OFFICER

Plot No 37A Elm Road Woodlands, Lusaka, Zambia Phone: +260956396085, Email: info@disabilityrightswatch.net www.disabilityrightswatch.net www.facebook.com/disarightswatch Employment Opportunity Disability Rights Watch is a human rights organisation for persons with disabilities established in 2011 to advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities in Zambia and the region. The organisation has undertaken strategic advocacy including through litigation and renders disability inclusion technical…

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April 7, 2025

SOUTHERN OPDs COMMIT TO HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE

EIGHTEEN (18) Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) from Southern Province in Zambia have undergone training in advocacy and social accountability and made a commitment to hold government accountable for its many commitments and promises to ensure persons with disabilities live better lives. The advocacy capacity building training delivered by Disability Rights Watch on 2nd and 3rd April 2025 in…

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April 2, 2025

A SEAT OF DIGNITY IN MUDODILI VILLAGE

A SEAT OF DIGNITY IN MUDODILI VILLAGE TWO people are seen climbing a hill whilst lifting a wheelchair in Mudodili Village, located in Tekelo Ward of Sinazongwe District in Zambia’s southern Province. They are heading to the home of Mr. Kalombe Mutembo Siamwiza, a 45-year-old man with a disability. The date is 28 March, 2025 and is exactly 5 years…

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August 15, 2024

Inclusive Education Symposium 2024-Terms of Reference

It is observed that the process of developing an up-to-date National Policy on Education that reflects the true principles of IE has taken very long. This is also in light of the fact that there has been inadequate teaching and learning materials for learners with disabilities in schools and higher learning institutions; learners with disabilities, in particular those who are…

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April 5, 2024

Zambia: Zambian authorities must implement the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ recommendations

05/04/2024 A range of Zambian organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) – who early in March this year made submissions to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) ahead of its examination of Zambia’s compliance with and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – have…

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January 17, 2024

CASE STORY – A person with visual impairment granted access to bank ATM card previously denied…

17 January 2024 NEGATIVE attitudes and perceptions toward persons with disabilities have continued to be a barrier to their quest to achieve and enjoy independent living. The case of Mr. Derick Hope Bwalya Mulipa is one of determination and inspiration in the area of financial inclusion. Derick aged 35 is visually impaired and holds a Bachelor of Art in Education…

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June 1, 2022

DRW COMMENDS ECZ FOR STARTING CONTINUOUS VOTER REGISTRATION AND CALLS FOR CONTINUOUS VOTER EDUCATION

Press Statement for Immediate Release LUSAKA Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 DRW press statement on the continuous voter registration doc DRW press statement on the continuous voter registration.pdf DRW COMMENDS ECZ FOR STARTING CONTINUOUS VOTER REGISTRATION AND CALL FOR CONTINUOUS VOTER EDUCATION TOO. Disability Rights Watch is delighted that the Electoral Commission of Zambia has finally started the continuous voter registration…

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March 8, 2022

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2022

WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES NEED PROTECTION FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS Press Statement for Immediate Release LUSAKA Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Disability Rights Watch (DRW) says the impacts of climate change are hitting hard on women with disabilities. Organization Director Wamundila Waliuya says the UN theme for 2022 International Women’s Day dubbed “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” is timely as…

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August 12, 2021

DISABILITY INCLUSIVE POLITICS

Plot No 37A Elm Road Woodlands, Lusaka, ZambiaPhone: +260956396085, Email: info@disabilityrightswatch.netwww.disabilityrightswatch.net www.facebook.com/disarightswatch 11TH AUGUST, 2021PRESS STATEMENTFor immediate release2021 ELECTIONS A TEST FOR DISABILITY INCLUSIVE POLITICSDisability Rights Watch and its partners are calling upon all eligible and registered persons with disabilities to turn out en masse and exercise their right to vote in Thursday’s elections.The Zambian constitution and subsidiary laws including…

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June 29, 2021

A COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT TO THE MEDIA ON THE STATE OF DISABILITY INCLUSION IN THE 2021 GENERAL ELECTION

“UNITED FOR AN INCLUSIVE ELECTORAL PROCESS -MAKING EVERY VOICE COUNT” A COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT TO THE MEDIA ON THE STATE OF DISABILITY INCLUSION IN THE 2021 GENERAL ELECTION ISSUED TO THE MEDIA AT THE ZAMBIA NATIONAL WOMEN’S LOBBY SECRETARIAT IN LUSAKA ON TUESDAY 29th JUNE, 2021 BY PARTNERS AND ALLIES UNDER THE PROJECT ‘STRENGTHENING THE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES…

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