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Disaster and Disability in Bangladesh - Behinderung und Dritte Welt

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L ITERATURsummits <strong>in</strong> the 1990s <strong>and</strong> their respective five-year reviews<strong>and</strong> follow-ups are of significant importance to personswith disabilities <strong>and</strong> their communities worldwide,particularly on issues such as poverty eradication, <strong>in</strong>comegeneration, physical accessibility, advancement of women,adequate <strong>and</strong> accessible shelter as well as critical developmentissues recently addressed by the <strong>in</strong>ternationalcommunity <strong>in</strong> environmental or food crisis.In view of the urgent need to promote the disability rightsdevelopmentdiscourse at local, national regional <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternationallevels <strong>and</strong> ma<strong>in</strong>stream disability <strong>in</strong> all aspectsof implementation, monitor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> evaluation of the <strong>in</strong>ternationallyagreed development goals such as theMDGs, this resource is envisaged to contribute to promot<strong>in</strong>gthe disability perspective <strong>in</strong> development <strong>and</strong> providea basis for future activities <strong>and</strong> programmes.It is hoped that this resource will contribute to practical actionto effect positive changes on the gro<strong>und</strong> - for personswith disabilities <strong>and</strong> their communities aro<strong>und</strong> the world.Bezug:http://www.wcwonl<strong>in</strong>e.org/component/page,shop.getfile/file_id,1179/product_id,1174/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,175/vmcchk,1/Beh<strong>in</strong>derung <strong>und</strong> Entwicklungszusammenarbeit/CBM (Christoffel-Bl<strong>in</strong>denmission)/Deutsche Lepra-<strong>und</strong> Tuberkulosehilfe (DAHW)/InteressenvertretungSelbstbestimmt Leben <strong>in</strong> Deutschl<strong>and</strong>/MisereorNichts über uns ohne uns. Menschen mitBeh<strong>in</strong>derung als Akteure <strong>in</strong> derEntwicklungszusammenarbeitEssen 2009Die Publikation fasst die Inhalte e<strong>in</strong>er gleichnamigen Tagungzusammen, die vom 2.-3. Dezember 2008 <strong>in</strong> Berl<strong>in</strong>stattgef<strong>und</strong>en hat. H<strong>in</strong>tergr<strong>und</strong> bildet die UN-Konventionüber die Rechte von Menschen mit Beh<strong>in</strong>derung, die alszentrales Element die selbstbestimmte Teilhabe be<strong>in</strong>haltet.Gleiches gilt für die <strong>in</strong>ternationale Zusammenarbeit. Inder Publikation wird aufgezeigt, wie Menschen mit Beh<strong>in</strong>derung<strong>in</strong> Nord <strong>und</strong> Süd zu Partnern <strong>in</strong> der Entwicklungszusammenarbeitwerden können, welche Erfahrungen damitexistieren <strong>und</strong> schließt mit Empfehlungen für e<strong>in</strong>e guteZusammenarbeit mit Organisationen von Menschen mitBeh<strong>in</strong>derung.Bezug: Beh<strong>in</strong>derung <strong>und</strong> Entwicklungszusammenarbeite.V. (bezev), W<strong>and</strong>astr. 9, 45136 Essen, <strong>in</strong>fo@bezev.deH<strong>and</strong>icap International/AktionsbündnisL<strong>and</strong>m<strong>in</strong>e.deBerl<strong>in</strong>er Konferenz zur Opferhilfe -DokumentationDrei <strong>in</strong>ternationale Abkommen fordern mehr Hilfe für dieOpfer von Kriegsh<strong>in</strong>terlassenschaften: Die Verträge überdas Verbot von L<strong>and</strong>m<strong>in</strong>en <strong>und</strong> Streubomben von 1997<strong>und</strong> 2008 sowie die UN-Konvention für die Rechte vonMenschen mit Beh<strong>in</strong>derung. In den zehn Jahren seit demIn-Kraft-Treten des Ottawa-Vertrags über e<strong>in</strong> Verbot vonAnti-Personen-M<strong>in</strong>en wurden zwar weltweit Millionen vonL<strong>and</strong>m<strong>in</strong>en vernichtet, <strong>und</strong> die E<strong>in</strong>sätze dieser Waffen sowiedie Zahl neuer Opfer gehen erfreulich zurück. Gleichzeitigaber besteht nach wie vor immenser Bedarf an mediz<strong>in</strong>ischer,orthopädischer, psychologischer <strong>und</strong> sozialerUnterstützung für viele der mehreren H<strong>und</strong>erttausendMenschen, die bereits zu Opfern von L<strong>and</strong>m<strong>in</strong>en oder von<strong>and</strong>eren Kriegsresten geworden s<strong>in</strong>d.Bei e<strong>in</strong>er Fachkonferenz <strong>in</strong> Berl<strong>in</strong> im November 2009diskutierten Fachleute aus der Praxis verschiedener Ländermit VertreterInnen aus Politik, Verwaltung <strong>und</strong> NGOs überErfahrungen <strong>in</strong> der Opferhilfe <strong>und</strong> die Herausforderungender Zukunft.Bezug: http://www.h<strong>and</strong>icap-<strong>in</strong>ternational.de/fileadm<strong>in</strong>/redaktion/pdf/opferhilfekonf_doku.pdf oder als Druckexemplarzu bestellen bei efischer@h<strong>and</strong>icap<strong>in</strong>ternational.deHendriks, VeraVisions on Ma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Disability</strong>Dark & Light Bl<strong>in</strong>d Care has published a new study called:Visions on Ma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Disability</strong> <strong>in</strong> Development. Itwas written by Vera Hendriks, who currently is work<strong>in</strong>g asan <strong>in</strong>tern for the Ma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Disability</strong> Programme ofDark & Light.The study is about the strengths <strong>and</strong> weaknesses ofma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>g of disability, which means tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to accountthe wishes <strong>and</strong> needs of people with a disability <strong>in</strong>regular development programmes. Also, it deals withadapt<strong>in</strong>g specific disability-oriented programmes to ensurethat they will start to focus more on the regular outsideworld, <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> this way will raise awareness with nondisabledpeople about the ability of people with an impairmentto participate <strong>in</strong> society.Ma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>clusion are terms which occurmore <strong>and</strong> more <strong>in</strong> the literature <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> development programmes.It is about the acceptance of impairments bysociety, <strong>and</strong> about the normalness of mak<strong>in</strong>g developmentprogrammes <strong>and</strong> public services accessible to people withdisabilities. Dark & Light is currently work<strong>in</strong>g on assess<strong>in</strong>gtheir own projects <strong>and</strong> on look<strong>in</strong>g at how their partnersthemselves can take care that their target group can <strong>in</strong>tegratewith the community they live <strong>in</strong>, are educated <strong>in</strong> <strong>and</strong>work <strong>in</strong>. A good example of such an <strong>in</strong>clusive programmeis the Inclusive Education Programme of CDD <strong>Bangladesh</strong>.Recently, Dark & Light also held a partner consultation totalk about this subject with partner organisations fromvarious countries.The analysis <strong>and</strong> recommendations <strong>in</strong> this paper aremeant to support this <strong>in</strong>itiative, <strong>and</strong> to provide <strong>in</strong>put forpolicy <strong>and</strong> strategy of Dark & Light <strong>in</strong> the upcom<strong>in</strong>g years.Bezug: http://www.dark<strong>and</strong>light.eu/Nieuws/29/Visions_on_Ma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>g_<strong>Disability</strong>.html44 Zeitschrift Beh<strong>in</strong>derung <strong>und</strong> <strong>Dritte</strong> <strong>Welt</strong> 1/2010

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