The Eighth Annual Disability Summit and Careers Expo will take place at Nasrec on 11 & 12 April 2019 It is well known that while most organisations have excelled in meeting BEE employment targets, many are still unhappy about their progress in employing persons with disabilities. HR departments are conscious that they are missing out […]
In the absence of any programme to develop PWDs’ residual skills and day to day functional abilities, PWDs tend to grow up being dependent on others and deprived of gainful livelihood opportunities in most cases. We take lessons from an initiative from Asia. Click here for details
Did you know that your disability status/race could determine your access to certain vaccines ? A study done in Florida indicates that some Individuals living with a disability or are a member of a certain racial/ethnic group may be at heightened risk for not receiving important vaccinations. Click here to read more Source: Disability and Health […]
Almost 200,000 Australians are now accessing National Disability Insurance Scheme, new figures show, but continued challenges with the speed of roll-out and the resolution of appeals is reviving calls to remove the arbitrary cap on disability agency staff. Read more
CBR Africa Network wishes to celebrate the life of one outstanding woman with disability who worked tirelessly to promote the lives of persons with disability. Thuli Matlala, you did well. You can find details of Thuli’s life and more interesting reading on Rolling Inspiration publication shared here.
Recently we sent out a call to CBR members asking them to share information for possible publication on our platforms. We are happy to announce that the response has been great. We are therefore, delighted to share with our audience a newsletter from Edusport Foundation from Zambia. The foundation uses sports to empower women. Please […]
He said persons with disabilities are mostly left out during the implementation of some of the goals among the SDGs By Arthur Sikopo African governments have been blamed for the current slow inclusion of persons with disability in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While presenting a paper on “SDGs and Community Based Rehabilitation Country Progress”, […]
Global Young Academy<https://globalyoungacademy.net> (GYA) recently launched the Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) Africa survey. The GloSYS project investigates the context in which early-career researchers today work, and the challenges and motivations that shape their career trajectories. For easy access, the study is linked here in English<https://glosys.typeform.com/to/Cup20s> and in French<https://glosys.typeform.com/to/OU68Eg>. Any person who has completed a […]
“there is no information to us to make sound policies that respond to the needs of the people in general and persons with disabilities because we have not invested in research.” By Lillian Banda Lack of quality data on disability issues has hindered progress with regard to developing policies that adequately respond to the needs […]
Children with disabilities in Cameroon as in other Low and Medium Income Countries (LMIC) experience stigma from birth and are more prone to exclusion, concealment, abandonment, institutionalization and abuse. By Mercy Nyangu Chelsea (Five) was diagnosed with profound hearing impairment and enrolled in Pre-school at home. Her elder brother aged seven also learned Child Sign […]
