No, none of the participating blog posts specifically focus on Deaf issues (sorry, ran out of time to write one), but several are still very much relevant for Deaf people who are fighting to protect their own human rights.
From Australia … from the USA … from India … from New Zealand … from Fiji … [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )By Doug Hay
Doug Hay represents the organization Disabled Liberation in Aotearoa / New Zealand. Aotearoa is the indigenous (Maori) name for New Zealand. This blog post was written as a contribution to the RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008, which is meant to celebrate and promote the international disability rights treaty called the Convention [...]
You may recall from earlier publicity that RatifyNow.org is organizing a “blog swarm” in which bloggers/vloggers and writers agree to write or vlog about the same topic at about the same time. In this case, the purpose is to celebrate, promote, and educate people about the international disability rights treaty, the Convention on the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Calling all Writers for the RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008!
Are you good with words? Do you care about protecting the human rights of Deaf people or people with disabilities? Are you looking for a way to celebrate the first anniversary of the international disability rights treaty, called the Convention on the Rights of [...]
The new international disability rights treaty, called the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), should matter to all Deaf people around the world. Why? Because countries that sign, ratify, then implement the CRPD will be legally binding themselves to pass a wide range of laws that protect the human rights [...]
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