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Bridging the Gap launches the Webinar-based Training Cycle 2018-2019
Bridging the Gap launches a webinar-based training cycle to foster a culture of disability mainstreaming in development and to define a homogeneous approach to the project crosscutting topics. The first webinar focuses on understanding the CRPD and analysing its principles and structure will take place on 26 March 2018. Following the first session, the Learning…
Read MoreLaunch of Bridging the Gap project in the presence of the commissioner Neven Mimica
The European project Bridging the Gap-Inclusive policies and services for equal rights of persons with disabilities, was launched on December 5th in Brussels in the context of the European Disability and Development Week (EDDW). The event took the form of a high-level meeting in which the European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica,…
Read MoreBridging the gap to leave no one behind
According to the World Report on Disability published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank (WB), people with disabilities make up 15% of the world population and 80% of these people live in developing countries. These figures make the link between disability and poverty more than evident. However, inclusive development focus on…
Read MoreBridging the Gap makes its first contact with local partners
In September, the director of Bridging the Gap project, Federico Martire, will visit a total of five countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Sudan, Ecuador, Paraguay) to establish a first contact with the local partners that will participate in the project during the first phase. The goal of these visits is to meet the local teams and…
Read MoreOlga Montúfar: “Our right to autonomy is frequently not understood”
Olga Montúfar, president of the Fundación Paso a Paso and of the Global Network of Indigenous Persons with Disabilities, was born 38 years ago in Mexico, in the heart of the indigenous community of San Miguel Totolapan, in the state of Guerrero. Polio left her with a motor disability that prevents her from walking. An…
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