Localized version of Heavens Very Special Child (Dhivehi) (2)
8/25/10 •
This is an unofficial translated version of the “Heaven’s Very Special Child” by Edna Massimilla which Yafaau’s dad posted earlier. Copyright © 2010. Yafaau’s Blog. All rights reserved. Parts of this website may be quoted as long as Yafaau’s blog is duly recognized. No part of this website may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes [...]
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The Council to Protect the Rights of People with Disabilities (3)
8/17/10 •
Last month, the “Disabilities Act”(Bill 8/2010, hereafter referred to as “disAbility Bill”) got ratified by President Nasheed. This disAbility Bill was a direct result of ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability or CRPD. One of the things that CRPD urge ratified countries is to pass legislature supporting rights of PWDs. [...]
Disability Services Directory launched (2)
8/09/10 •
Today, the “Directory for the People with disabilities” was launched at Ministry of Health and Family by Minister Dr. Aminath Jameel. This directory consisted of service providers and their contact information. The directory, which was earlier funded by Handicap International, was later developed by Wataniya under its Corporate Social Responsibility fund. Handicap International(HI), back in [...]
Maldives Ratifies its disAbility Act/Bill (1)
7/09/10 •
The disAbility Act or disAbility Bill has been ratified by the President. The bill protected rights of Persons with disabilities and promises a financial assistance for them. It was ratified after being sent back to the Parliment for the second time. The bill was first passed by the parliament on 21 December 2009. But it had [...]
HRCM Releases the Baseline Assessment on Activities Addressing Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Comments Off)
4/14/10 •
Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) has released the Report of the Baseline Assessment on Activities Addressing Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In it HRCM highlighted 29 recommendations to the government stakeholders. The Recommendations include;
Older Posts
- A Child is like a Butterfly
- Maldives formally ratifies UNCRPD
- The UNCRPD gets approval from the Parliament to be ratified by Maldives
- MVdisAbilityNet meeting with parents
- MVdisAbilityNetwork final document on Disability Bill
- People First Language
- The Disability Act sent back to Parliament
- WELCOME TO HOLLAND!
- MVdisAbilityNetwork Press Coferrence in the media: Disability Act Bill 20091227
- Ratifying the current Disability Act by President Nasheed would be a disaster!
- Passing of ‘Disability Act’ Bill sends a clear message to CSO’s: We won’t hear you!
- International Disability Day 2009
- Dhivehi terms for various disAbilities
- Mohamed Juloodh, a visually-impaired Imam from the Maldives
- Farewell! Handicap International says goodbye to the Maldives…
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disAbility Awareness»
8/25/10 •
Localized version of Heavens Very Special Child (Dhivehi)4/12/10 •
A Child is like a Butterfly2/08/10 •
People First Language1/02/10 •
WELCOME TO HOLLAND!12/03/09 •
International Disability Day 200911/10/09 •
Dhivehi terms for various disAbilities10/31/09 •
Mohamed Juloodh, a visually-impaired Imam from the Maldives
disAbility Rights»
8/17/10 •
The Council to Protect the Rights of People with Disabilities7/09/10 •
Maldives Ratifies its disAbility Act/Bill4/10/10 •
Maldives formally ratifies UNCRPD3/04/10 •
The UNCRPD gets approval from the Parliament to be ratified by Maldives2/22/10 •
MVdisAbilityNetwork final document on Disability Bill1/05/10 •
The Disability Act sent back to Parliament12/27/09 •
MVdisAbilityNetwork Press Coferrence in the media: Disability Act Bill 20091227
Events»
2/24/10 •
MVdisAbilityNet meeting with parents12/03/09 •
International Disability Day 200910/27/09 •
My Notes on Parents perspective into coming in to terms of having a child with a disAbility8/08/08 •
Help to Aisha – Meedhoweekly.com7/31/08 •
Report on the Forum on Disability meeting published on MVdisability7/22/08 •
Yafaau, Samiya and me at Social workers training workshop7/22/08 •
Forum on Disability invitation
