Mainstreaming disAbility in the development
It’s been couple of years since Maldives have been marking the International Day for Persons with disAbilities. As we mark yet another year for PWD’s there are lots of commitments yet to be looked upon. Mainstreaming disAbility has been there since the UN first started the UN Enable movement and Maldives has never touched on implementing it. Under this year’s main theme of IDPD 2011, “Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disAbilites in development”, are some sub-themes which are: 1....
read moreCreating Awareness on UNCRPD & disAbilityLaw 8/2010 by CARE Society, Maldives
Thanks to CARE Society for conducting a session to “Creating Awareness on United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability(UNCRPD) & disAbilityLaw 8/2010“. It brought a lot of professionals from our community dealing with disAbility and highlighted the need to meet up frequently to work together and create a better Maldives for Persons with disAbilities. I hope more similar platforms would be created in the future and am looking forward for the next disAbility forum by the Disability Council on 3rd...
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Terms used in disAbilities and their dhivehi version which I feel is appropriate in terms of usage. Please note that this is not the official terminologies but I have extensively discussed these with many friends in this field.
read moreSpecial Sport Festival 2011
Care Society in association with Dhiraagu is conducting a “Special Sports Festival” on 1st October 2011 solely for the Children/Persons with Disabilities. The purpose of this Festival would be to provide opportunity for children and adults with disabilities in various institutions to participate in a sports event. This will also create a platform for further collaboration among institutions and moreover provide a unique opportunity for persons with disabilities. This will serve as an opportunity for Care Society to advocate for the persons...
read moreAslam Shakir calls upon the intn’l community to work with Maldives to implement programs promote the rights of Persons with disAbilities
9 September 2011 : – The Fourth Conference of the Parties for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was held at the United Nations Headquarters on 9 September 2011. The theme of this three-day conference was “Enabling Development, Realizing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” and the sub-themes of the Conference were “Realizing the Convention through International Cooperation”, “ Political and Civil Participation” and “ Work and Employment”. Minister Shakir preceded his official...
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Rose Siggins Half Body, Whole Life
Lately I have seen photos and mentions of the woman with Half body(Rose Siggins) by some of my friends and thought of writing a post on such Inspirational People. Without further due, here’s an excellent description by the woman herself written italicized and some photos I compiled from the internet. Rosemarie (Rose) Siggins The Woman with Half a Body – by Rosemarie (Rose) Siggins Rosemarie Homan was born with a rare genetic disorder known as ‘Sacral Agenesis’, I had severely deformed legs with feet pointing in opposite...
read moreTelecom Policy 2006 – 2010: Reasonable communication means for Persons with disAbilities in Maldives?
What has been done to establish a reasonable communication means for Persons with disAbilities in Maldives? I was going through the Telecom Policy 2006 – 2010 and its objective to Establish reasonable communication means for People with disAbilities under Infrastructure Development caught my attention. It says; Objective 2.7: Establish reasonable communication means for people with special needs (PWD’s) Telecomunication being considered as a basic right of the people, it is necessary that all citizens including people...
read moreGuideline to screen disability forms by the Ministry of Health, Maldives.
T he Disability Evaluation Under Social Security, (also known as the “Blue Book”) prepared to provide healthcare professionals in the United States to evaluate disability programs administered by their Social Security Administration has been published in our Ministry of Health website as a standard ‘disability guideline’ that would be followed in verifying information for disability forms in the Maldives. This blue book can be used as a reference of listing Impairments and how DGFPS of the Health Ministry could partially...
read moreNaming Ahmed Yooaan Mohamed
Our family went to Raa Vaadhoo, this April 2011. We went there and joined the celebration of naming Yafaau’s aunt Sana’s newborn baby, Ahmed Yooaan Mohamed. Here are the photos of the events in ascending order. This post is dedicated to Yafaau’s Uncle Hussain and Hawwa auntie’s family who’s lives in another island. Spice department :)
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