USICD News, CRPD News, and other September Updates

USICD News

September 2014

Top CRPD News Stories

Senate Should Pass 'Disability Treaty' in 2014
Jim Patterson, a San Francisco based writer and father of a daughter with a disability, urges for the passage of the disability treaty in 2014.
Op-ed: Ratify disabilities treaty to do right by disabled veterans Matthew Stuart, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3586 in Salt Lake City and a former VFW Utah State Commander, urges Senator Hatch to support the treaty.
Disability Rights Advocates Push for Disability Treaty Advocates in Iowa urge Senator Grassley to support the CRPD.
Senator Dole: Protecting America's Wounded Warriors Senator Dole, in the Air Force Sergeants Association's magazine, speaks on the need to ratify the CRPD.
The Hill: Senate GOP block UN treaty on disability rights. Sen. Tom Harkin's request to vote on ratification of the CRPD blocked as Senate nears long recess.

USICD 2014 Annual Meeting

USICD is excited to announce that the 2014 Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, October 17, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 Noon Eastern Time in Washington, DC. Please join us in this annual opportunity to network with fellow members and guests, hear about the organization's work over the past year, and share your own updates.

Please RSVP here.

Rehabilitation International Newsletter

Rehabilitation International released their July 2014 report last month, you can check it out here. It focuses on upcoming

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RI meetings, updates on international CRPD ratification,

and other resources.

USICD Receives State Department Grant, in partnership with MIUSA, DREDF and IFES

USICD joins three leading U.S. organizations in announcing the partnership has received funding from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the U.S. Department of State to strengthen the implementation and enforcement of disability rights legislation and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at national and local levels in Kenya, Mexico and Vietnam.

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USICD will be working alongside Mobility International USA (MIUSA), a disability-led organization founded in 1981 dedicated
to advancing leadership and disability rights globally, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), a disability-led, organization at the forefront of U.S. disability civil rights law and policy and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), a global leader in democracy promotion and good governance.

You can read more here.

International Disability News

Jakarta Raises Disability Hiring Quota:

The city administration is planning to give a significantly higher percentage of jobs opening this year to people with a physical disability.
Pakistan Losing Billions to Disability Failures:

Pakistan could be losing 6.3% of its GDP due to the exclusion of persons with disabilities.
Lack of access to UK attractions criticized:

A recent survey, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions, found that nearly two thirds of the UK's top attractions were not fully accessible for wheelchair users.
Let the Children Speak:
Some 50 individuals and representatives from non-governmental organisations from around Malaysia gathered together to form the first-ever informal group to champion the cause of children with disabilities.

USICD's Global Disability Rights Library

in the News!

Last month, Borgen Magazine profiled the Global Disability Rights Library as an innovative method for spreading knowledge on how to build a successful disability rights movement. You can read more here.

USICD President joins NCIL and ADAPT in presenting gift to Senator Harkin

USICD President Marca Bristo joins representatives from NCIL and ADAPT in presenting a painting to Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa honoring his life-long work supporting disability rights.

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