Disability Rights International (DRI) is a USA based advocacy group with a global outreach. As President, Laurie ensures that organization keeps enhancing human rights and full participation in society of children & adults with disabilities worldwide. With a strong background on media in some of the most renown national dailies in the USA, Laurie explains about the groundbreaking work of DRI, especially in the sector of mental health.
Today is the International Day of Persons living with disabilities. Admitting and recognizing that we are all vulnerable is key to reach, elevation, the real status of human empowerment.
he DESA/DSPD Forum on Disability and Development, officially launched in 2013, is an initiative of the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
"Building a sustainable, inclusive world for all requires the full engagement of people of all abilities. The 2030 Agenda includes many issues of concern to persons with disabilities and we must work together to transform these commitments into action" says the Secretary General of the United Nations
"Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities", the theme of this year International Day of Persons with disabilities, advocates for persons with disabilities to have the chance to enjoy a better life
People say you choose your own path. However, sometimes the path chooses you and you return to tred it no matter how many more paths you walk on. That path becomes your journey and your destination. It beomes your calling. I entered the field of HIV as a 24 yr old not knowing that it will become my life.
Will the new impetus on EU-Turkey relationships. caused by the refugees crisis, lead to Turkey membership to the EU? It won' t be easy at all but for sure the negotiations will help Turkey become a better state.