Around the world, people with disabilities are denied their most basic human rights, like the right to marry, vote, open a bank account, and even receive mail.
Another way is possible, however
In a short video, Michael Bach of the Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society shows us how “supported decision making” enables people with disabilities to participate fully in society.
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2 APRIL 2015 | GENEVA - New data on the harm caused by foodborne illnesses underscore the global threats posed by unsafe foods, and the need for coordinated, cross-border action across the entire food supply chain, according to WHO, which next week is dedicating its annual World Health Day to the issue of food safety.
World Health Day will be celebrated on 7 April, with WHO highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with food safety under the slogan “From farm to plate, make food safe.”
“Food production has been industrialized and its trade and distribution have been globalized,” says WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan. “These changes introduce multiple new opportunities for food to become contaminated with harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, or chemicals.”
Dr Chan adds: “A local food safety problem can rapidly become an international emergency. Investigation of an outbreak of foodborne disease is vastly more complicated when a single plate or package of food contains ingredients from multiple countries.”
The Beijing Platform for Action remains the most overarching blueprint for advancing women’s rights. Significantly, it mandates the full participation of women “in all spheres of society, including participation in the decision-making process and access to power, [as] fundamental for the achievement of equality, development and peace”. This includes women’s participation in decision-making processes within the UN system.
The 20th anniversary of this landmark document represents an occasion to reaffirm the principles of equal representation of women in all institutions, and assess progress and challenges. Twenty years after the Beijing Conference, the United Nations system continues to face significant challenges in achieving the equal representation of women, particularly at senior decision-making levels.
Photo: CARE/David Rochkind, Design: Kim Conger
2 April 2015 – On World Autism Awareness Day, the United Nations is spotlighting the unique skills of people with autism and the need to recognize their talents through an initiative inviting businesses to make concrete commitments to employ people on the autism spectrum.
“People with autism have enormous potential. Most have remarkable visual, artistic or academic skills. Thanks to the use of assistive technologies, non-verbal persons with autism can communicate and share their hidden capabilities,” said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement on the Day.
“Yet even where autism awareness is most advanced, more than 80 per cent of adults with autism are unemployed. That is why it is so important for employers to understand their unique and often exceptional skills, and to enable work environments where they can excel,” he added.
At a Headquarters event today, Mr. Ban will launch a 'Call to Action' initiative to urge employers to create work zones where people with autism can excel, as most have remarkable visual, artistic or academic skills.
This article considers the involuntary sterilization of HIV-positive women through the lens of intersectional discrimination. It begins by examining the international human right to be free from discrimination before considering involuntary sterilization as a form of discrimination against women. The article then draws on the example of the involuntary sterilization of HIV-positive women to make the point that, in order to truly understand the insidious nature of involuntary sterilization, it must be viewed through the prism of intersectional discrimination.
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