In 2019, MyRight's partner organizations in Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Nepal conducted a study aimed at counteracting the exposure of people with disabilities to sexual and gender-based violence. The work with the study lasted for six months and could be carried out thanks to project support from Radiohjälpen / Musikhjälpen.
At the launch of their new report, the UN Secretary-General spoke about the importance of guaranteeing equal rights for people with disabilities in, for example, access to care during the pandemic. The report contains, among other things, recommendations on how people with disabilities are included in the work to combat the pandemic that is taking place worldwide.
MyRight accompanied the Autism and Asperger's Association during their visit to Nepal, where they work with their partner organization to strengthen human rights for people with autism.
January 22, 2020 was a historic day. For the first time ever, a person in a wheelchair climbs to the top of Little Mount Meru, at 3820 meters above sea level. The walk is carried out to raise money to build a House of Hope - a rehab center for children and young people with spina bifida and / or hydrocephalus in Tanzania.
"SOLIDARITY FOREVER", "TUSPO FOREVER" they shout and hold each other's hands in the air. Through the organization TUSPO (Tanzania Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Organization), a group of women who live with or are relatives of someone living with mental illness meet.
Trots att personer med funktionsnedsättning påverkas i oproportionerligt hög grad
"Being disabled in the middle of an ongoing war is very difficult," human rights activist Belma Goralilja from Bosnia and Herzegovina told the outside world when they met during the MyRight conference on the situation of people with disabilities in armed conflicts this autumn.
Today, MyRight's general secretary Jesper Hansén visited the cage in Musikhjälpen to talk about sexual abuse of people with disabilities.
People with disabilities are particularly vulnerable in armed conflicts - despite this there is a lack of a clear disability perspective in Sweden's humanitarian work. Time for Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) to rethink.
In MyRight's newsletter, we write about international disability issues and our work.
