Kanchana Pradeepa de Silva is chair of the Sri Lanka Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, SLFRD. She especially struggles to reach out to girls and women with disabilities, who in many cases live in isolation from the rest of society.
Batool Abuali is a young civil rights activist from Syria and founder of the organization Light Initiative. She herself has muscular dystrophy and shares her experiences of being a woman with a disability in a country affected by war and conflict.
Lack of skills and knowledge about mental illness is a common reason why many seek explanations in curses and put their hope in unscientific cures and treatments.
During October, MyRight will hold several workshops in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Bosnia and Herzegovina was first out, last week MyRight held workshops
In collaboration with UN Women, MyRight organized a webinar on the inclusion of women and girls with disabilities in peacebuilding work. 80 participants from all over the world
On Monday, MyRight BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina) held a conference on inclusive education. The purpose was to bring together several different actors in education and create one
MyRight and UN Women invite you to a webinar on women with disabilities in peacebuilding. Watch the webinar on YouTube here. The webinar has English
MyRights Mia Munkhammar is interviewed by CONCORD ahead of the UN's annual high-level meeting
Read about what happened in MyRight's operations in 2020 in our annual report!
MyRights studie ”Peace for all” visar att endast 6,6 procent av alla fredsavtal världen över nämner någonting om personer med funktionsnedsättning. Det vill vi ändra på!
