Inspiration porn: A look at the objectification of the disabled community

By Rebecca Rakowitz | 12/01/2016 1:02pm A typical disability article would probably begin by describing an “inspiring” day-in-the-life of a person who was willing to share their story. For the most part, readers would not be able to distinguish a disabled subject of a story from an able-bodied one, until the grand reveal –...

ENIL’s Interview: Milica Mima Ružičić-Novković

Criteria for the preconditions of independent living as defined by Ed Roberts and improve others, ENIL this definition and other political document that we have created are important for the development of the whole society. Given the demographic changes, will soon be a much larger group of people will be needed accessibility and assistance...

Warning regarding the announcement of the establishment of the National Council for the fight to reduce abortions

We need social and economic conditions for parenthood, sex education in schools, support for parenthood and family planning, odgovaarajući conditions, life and health, safe abortion, imposing abortion as a solution in the case of prenatal detection of permanent damage in detetaa and not Council for the fight against abortion. We believe that the institutions...

The outcomes of the consultations on the occasion of ten years since the adoption of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

On this day, ten years ago, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by 172 UN member states. In line with its mission to full implementation, in the office of the Centre are now held on the importance međunaronog first human rights treaty of the...

Recording from the meeting about article 19 of Convention

On the next day, 13. 12. 2006, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with handicapped by the Republic of Serbia signed 6.decebra 2007 and ratifikolavala 2009. On that occasion, the office of the Centre Living Upright 12.12. 2016 at 12 o’clock there was a meeting devoted to...

How 10 Years Of The CRPD Have Been A Victory For Disability Rights

By Vladimir Cuk, International Disability Alliance, and Dominic Haslam, International Disability and Development Consortium Ten years ago the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)was adopted. It was the first internationally legally binding instrument to specifically address the rights of persons with disabilities at a global level. It was achieved with...

Međunarodni dan osoba sa invaliditetom

Delimo zbog odnosa prema državnoj politicu, kontinuitetu, poznavanju procesa i ličnog odnosa prema njemu,podeli odgovornosti i spoznaje da je unapređenje položaja onemogućenih osobadeo međunarodnih obaveza: Juče se, što smo propustili da primetimo, Međunarodni dan osoba sa invaliditeto obeležavao 25. put od 1992, završne godine Međunarodne dekade osoba sa invaliditetom: 3. decembra 1982, usvojen je...

HIV više ne mora da sprečava ljude da žive normalno, srećno i dugo

“HIV više ne mora da sprečava ljude da žive normalno, srećno i dugo, ali mi znamo da sprečava. Još uvek nema izlečenja, a bez lečenja, ljudi će umreti. U međuvremenu usluge u vezi sa HIV-om se redukuju, stigma je sveprisutna, a mi sada imamo prvu generaciju osoba koje odrastaju i stare sa HIV-om…” Preuzeto...

Žene i devojčice sa invaliditetom u rezidencijalnim ustanovama: višestruka diskriminacija i nasilje

Prisustvovali smo obuci o prepoznavanju zlostavljanja nad ženama sa invaliditetom koje žive u ustanovama. Prilično su zabrinjavajući i njen povod i njen ishod. Smatramo da je neophodna hitna zajednička inicijativa za stvaranje alternative i razvijanje različitih vidova asistenmcija na šta nas obavezuje član 19 Međunarodne konvencije o pravima osoba sa invaliditetom. Znanje i literatura...