Madeleine Jangard, Author at MyRight

Two rows with people from different countries, on the first row four people are in a wheelchair and behind them are eight people. Image from an early myright project

MyRight celebrates 40 years!

For 40 years, MyRight has worked to give people with disabilities increased access to their rights.

November 5, 2021

sign with the text one world and a picture of the earth

It is important that people with disabilities' rights and needs are included in climate negotiations

People with disabilities make up 15 percent of the world's population. But when you look at negotiations on climate measures, you hardly find anything about our needs and rights.

November 4, 2021

Kanchana is wearing a dark red sari, she has shoulder-length black hair, the picture is taken obliquely from the front and Kanacha is looking into the camera

Kanchana wants to open the door for women through sports

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.

November 1, 2021

green background with the text: Batool Abuali, Building Capacity for Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Peacebuilding

Batool Abuali on included peace processes

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.

October 28, 2021

Nindi squats in a green tunic and plays with the children at her preschool

Proper care gave Nindi a new chance in life

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.

October 19, 2021

Three young women sitting at a table during a workshop in Bosnia and Herzegovina all smiling into the camera

Workshops on inclusive peace processes in Bosnia Herzegovina, Sri Lanka and Nepal

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

October 12, 2021

One girl drives another girl in a wheelchair.

”20 years with UNSCR 1325 and two years with UNSCR 2475- What difference have it made for women and girls with disabilities?”

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

October 12, 2021