RE: INFORMATION ON SUSTAINABLE ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THE LIFE CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (PWDS) 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Brief background This memorandum is being submitted to the Parliament of Zambia with the invitation of the Clerk to the National Assembly. Disability Rights Watch (DRW) is a duly registered organisation for persons with disabilities founded in 2011. Its foundation is based…
This publication was developed by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Director of International Human Rights Policy at the Wellesley Centers for Women, in collaboration with the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs/United Nations and the United Nations Population Fund.
Every day, the media describe genetic technologies that promise to transform the lives of people with and without disabilities. Prenatal tests are now available for hundreds of conditions, from deafness to dwarfism to hemophilia, and women are encouraged to get tested for the assumed advantage of preventing disability in a future child. Some people with disabilities eagerly await news of stem cell research…
