Orphanages are no place
for children
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Disability Rights International (DRI) recently convened a forum for the Mexican Senate to highlight community-based housing models for people with psychiatric, psychosocial and intellectual disabilities.
Around the world, DRI has found that many people with disabilities (PWD), and those abandoned on the streets, end up living their lives in institutions. The lack of community support often combines with the misconception that they are unable to have - or do not deserve - a home of their own.
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VOICES: Women, Children, and Disability is a first-person reflection project dedicated to the diverse experiences of women. It consists of a catalog and exhibition canvases featuring art portraits of 12 women from different parts of Ukraine who have experience with motherhood and disability, either their own or that of their children.
Investigations
Documenting and reporting on the pervasive and abusive practice of institutionalizing children and adults with disabilities.
Advocacy
Global campaigns to end institutionalization and empower people with disabilities to make change in their own societies.
Strategic Litigation
To protect victims of abuse and ensure their full inclusion in society through international human rights bodies.
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