Pac Rim 2009 Info
International Disability Rights
“...poverty may be defined as a human condition characterized by sustained or chronic deprivation of the resources, capabilities, choices, security and power necessary for the enjoyment of an adequate standard of living and other civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights” (United Nations Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights, 2001)
The World Bank estimates that 75% of persons with disabilities on earth live in poverty. Individuals with disabilities belong to the poorest of the poor of the world’s population, thus being more likely than any other group to be excluded from resources, access, information and power. Shortages in housing, food and water impact people with disabilities more than many other groups. To make matters worse, in many countries health care is non-existent, and transportation, employment or income opportunities are minimal at best. This must change if we are to ensure human and social progress for all in the 21st century. Freedom from poverty is a moral and ethical imperative, a human right and should be our top priority.
Presentations will address poverty reduction strategies, policies and best practices in international, national, regional and community settings. Others will address human rights perspectives on how poverty and disability reinforce each other to perpetuate systematic inequalities. Presentations include:
- The Significance of the Activism of People with Cerebral Palsy in Japan.
- Article 13 of the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities—A Right to Legal Aid?
- Advancing Education for all children who are blind of visually impaired with multiple disabilities including children with deaf blindness
- Workplace Violence: Prevention and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
- How can you be a Feminist and Reject Selective Abortion? The Disability Critique of Prenatal Testing
- The Global Partnership for Disability and Development: Mainstreaming disability in poverty reduction and development strategies
- Canada’s implementation of the right to education for students with disabilities
- Thinking Ahead, My Choice, My Way, My Life at the End
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For more information, please visit: http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/submissions or contact Robert Stodden at stodden@hawaii.edu; Steve Brown at sebrown@hawaii.edu; Katharina Heyer at Heyer@hawaii.edu or Charmaine Crockett at cccrocke@hawaii.edu. For general information, contact prinfo@hawaii.edu or call 808 956-7539.
