Essays about: "Organizations of Persons with Disabilities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Organizations of Persons with Disabilities.

1. 1. Disability Discomfort in Development : Unveiling Ableism and Disablism within Swedish Development Cooperation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Erika Hudson; [2023]
   Keywords : Persons with Disabilities; International Development Cooperation; Sweden; Government Agencies; Non-profit Organizations; Organizations of Persons with Disabilities; Ableism; and Disablism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Persons with disabilities have long been overlooked and forgotten in the context of international development cooperation with less than five percent of official development aid targeting disability-related issues. Too often development agencies and organizations claim to have limited expertise related to disability, lack funds to support disability issues and pivot the responsibility of upholding the rights of persons with disabilities to someone else. READ MORE

3. 2. Place branding and the case of social inclusion: a place made of people for the people

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Anna Snellman; [2017]
   Keywords : place branding; residents; symbolic interactionism; political framework of a place; communication; democracy; human rights; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This master thesis examines disabled residents’ roles as citizens in a place branding process within the political framework of a place. This is in line with the resident approach in a political context within the research field of place branding. READ MORE

4. 3. The right to live in the community as the right to have rights

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Csilla Gradwohl; [2017]
   Keywords : Article 19; CRPD; the right to live in the community; community living; central right; human rights;

   Abstract : The present thesis explores Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which recognizes the right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others. The relationship between Article 19 and the other articles of the Convention are explored, in order to discuss the role of Article 19 in the Convention. READ MORE

5. 4. Qualified or not? : A case study about integration of people with intellectual disabilities on the labor market in Recife, PE – Brazil, using the “Quota Law” as a starting point.

   University essay from Ersta Sköndal högskola/Institutionen för socialvetenskap

   Author : Lisa Jönsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Intellectual Disability; Employment; Brazil; Barriers; Support; Social Work;

   Abstract : People with intellectual disability, as a category, are an especially disadvantage group, as they often are in need of interventions from the society throughout the whole life. In Brazil, work is considered a human right and important for the construction of the social and personal identity. READ MORE

6. 5. Disability in Kurdistan : A Study Seen From a Human Security Perspective

   University essay from Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS)

   Author : Reving Amedi; [2012]
   Keywords : Disability; Social Constructivism; Human Security; Social Model of Disability; participation; accessibility; accountability;

   Abstract : This paper is concerned with the developed area of Kurdistan, the Iraqi Kurdistan, and this paper will try to underline the situation of persons with disabilities living standards in Kurdistan. The research problem concerned with this topic is, what is being done by the different actors who have the power to influence the living standards of persons with disabilities in the region of Kurdistan. READ MORE