This week we are delighted to share successes, integrative conference opportunities, and a key funding opportunity
Human Rights
Congratulations to Qatar on signing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This totals 100 signatories.
The Convention will enter into force 30 days after the 20th country ratifies the treaty, but so far only Jamaica has taken the step of ratification.
The UN Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities estimates that the next 19 ratifications could be reached by the end of 2007. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23208&Cr=disable&Cr1
Congratulations from Disabled Peoples’ International to Ambassador Luis Gallegos, the first Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, who will receive the American Association of Persons with Disabilities’ (AAPD) Justice for All Award on July 26 in Washington, DC, USA. The Award recognizes his contribution to activism, advocacy and the UN Convention, and leadership in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities.
Funding Opportunity
The Higher Education Commission, Pakistan, is inviting applications from public sector universities to fund conferences on raising awareness about the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the BMF (Biwako Millennium Framework). Please read
http://www.hec.gov.pk/new/rnd/Conferences_and_Meetings.htm
Conferences
The National Association of Peer Specialists is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the hiring of Peer Specialists (persons with a history of mental illness) in mental health fields. You are invited to attend the organization’s first national conference 16-17 August, in Denver, Colorado, USA. For more information, go to http://www.naops.org/id35.html or contact Steve Harrington at steveh@naops.org.
Attendees of the ninth annual Autism Summer Institute, to be held13-16 August 2007 at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, Mass., USA will have an opportunity to hear from guest speakers with autism as well as respected researchers in the field. For more information or to register online, visit www.iod.unh.edu
Disability Studies Diploma
Applications are invited before July 27, 2007 to complete a two-year course in Disability Studies, established by the Centre for Adult Continuing Education at the University College Cork. For further information please read http://www.waterford-news.ie/news/story.asp?j=26173&cat=news or contact Mike Masterson at mikemasterson1@gmail.com.
New Resource
ONLINEWOMEN is a project of the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP).CAPWIP is a non-partisan, non-profit and non-governmental regional organization dedicated to promoting the equal participation of women in politics and decision-making. Please read http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/
Mail to CAPWIP, 4227-4229 Tomas Claudio Street,
Baclaran, Paranaque City
1700 Philippines
Tel: 63 2 8516934
Telefax: 63 2 8522112
Email: capwip@capwip.org
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