I Want What You Want: Community Inclusion for People with Disabilities
As we honor International Day of Disability, we celebrate progress toward community inclusion for people with disabilities, recognize the work ahead, and continue to hear the simple refrain: “I want...
View ArticleOpen Society Foundations/Durham University Scholarships
The Open Society Foundations and Durham University are offering outstanding students from Afghanistan, Indonesia, Nepal, and Palestine an opportunity to study in the United Kingdom.
View ArticleDisabled People Have a Right to Live in the Community
Several Central and Eastern European countries have invested tens of millions of euros in structural funds to institutionalize people with disabilities—a violation of human rights.
View ArticleDarya Komleva
Year2012LocationKazakhstanAmount$3,500Term6 monthsGrantee URLhttp://komleva.gallery.ru/Darya Komleva will address the discrimination and exclusion that children with disabilities face in Kazakhstan, as...
View ArticleCall for Applications: Summer School in Human Rights Litigation
The Open Society Justice Initiative and Central European University invite applicants for the 2013 Summer School in Human Rights Litigation.
View ArticleOpen Society Foundations/Durham University Afghan Women PhD Scholarships
The Open Society Foundations and Durham University are offering outstanding female students from Afghanistan an opportunity to study at Durham University (UK).
View ArticleGlobal Supplementary Grant
The Global Supplementary Grant Program offers support to doctoral students from select countries in Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, the Middle East/North Africa, and South Asia.
View ArticleCommunity Not Confinement
The EU spends huge sums of public money to illegally segregate and confine people with disabilities.Today we called on the European Parliament to embrace community, not confinement.
View ArticleA New Day: From the Institution to the Community in Zagreb
A new “universally designed” community home in Croatia offers residents with disabilities independence, instead of the confinement and subordination of institutions.
View ArticleEducation for All in Kyrgyzstan
What does inclusive education look like in Kyrgyzstan? At Obereg Rehabilitation Center, some students are finding out.
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