Disability
A disability is a societal imposition on people who have impairments, making it more difficult for people to do certain activities or interact with the world around them. Due to cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, and/or sensory differences, disabled people are “unnecessarily isolated and excluded from full participation in society.” As a result of impairments, people with disabilities can experience disablement from birth, or may be labeled as disabled during their lifetime. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities defines disability as: long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 24 May 2024 English
Despite state regulations that make provisions for people with disability to vote, some like Bablu Kaibarta are unsure about taking part in the electoral processes in the General Elections 2024 …
regulations that make provisions for people with disability to vote, some like Bablu Kaibarta are unsure …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English
The 2024 SDG Gender Index by Equal Measures 2030, a coalition of civil society and non-profit organisations, delivers a critical and sobering message on the state of gender equality with …
location, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, immigration status, and HIV status, among other … location, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and many other factors. The global average score … women with a disability in the ILO database. Source: ILO database. Women with disability Women without … without disability Physical assault Sexual assault CERTAIN GROUPS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN all regions experience … location, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, immigration status, and HIV status, among other …
1 January 2024 English
All India Women’s Conference (AIWC), the oldest national women’s organization in India was born in January, 1927 in Poona. But the genesis had actually begun much earlier.
equal rights and obligations of all citizens, no disability to any citizen with regard to employment or …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 August 2023 English
This handbook was released on August 16, 2023, by the Supreme Court of India. Ideated as a knowledge resource of the e-Committee of the Supreme Court, this handbook aims to …
on their nationality, region, caste, gender, disability, sexuality, skin colour, physical appearance … of sexual assault or rape by a woman with a disability against an able-bodied man is false. Able-bodied … rape women with disabilities. The presence of a disability does not mean that there is a lower likelihood …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 24 July 2023 English
The report Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in Sport: A Handbook for Policy Makers and Sports Practitioners was published by UNESCO and UN Women in 2023. It was authored …
overlap. Characteristics such as gender, age, disability, ethnicity, geography and socio-economic status … because the person is a child, has a mental disability, or is severely intoxicated or unconscious as …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023
The State of the World’s Children is an annual report published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) since the year 1980. Each edition aims to promote awareness on key …
everywhere to live lives free of many forms of disability. Immunization has led to the eradication of smallpox … enormously to protecting against disease and lifelong disability.31 But it does much more than that. For example … right to live a healthy life free from illness, disability and death from diseases that can be prevented …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 March 2023 English
The World Happiness Report 2023 has been published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, a global initiative of the United Nations. It was released on March 20, 2023, United Nations …
money than it costs. (The savings are on reduced disability benefits, increased tax payments and reduced …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 March 2023 English
Released on March 20, 2023, the Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report concludes the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report was …
hunger, food price increases and increases in disability adjusted life years attributable to childhood …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 15 March 2023 English
This report – the 24th edition of the Women & Men in India reports – was published in March 2023 by the Social Statistics Division at the National Statistical Office …
Panchayati Raj Institutions PWD Persons with Disability RBI Reserve Bank of India RTE Rights to … strong focus on the special needs of Persons with Disability (PWD), especially children and women for achieving …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2023 English
UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs published this report in 2023. It analyses progress on gender equality across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a …
more of their lives in ill health or with a disability, particularly later in life. Chronic conditions … disadvantages accumulated over a lifetime. Ageism and disability exacerbate these. Older women are more likely … irrespective of their race/ethnicity, marital status, disability, HIV status, migration, religion, age or income … number (32 out of 52) takes the perspective that disability is caused not by a person’s impairment or difference … bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected …
