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Useful reading list:
Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, DESA, OHCHR and IPU (2007)
The Right to Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities
International Labour Organization (2007)
Innocenti Digest on the Rights of Children with Disabilities
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (2007)
Sexual and Reproductive Health of Persons with Disabilities
United Nations Population Fund (2007)
People with Disabilities in India: From Commitments to Outcome
World Bank Human Development Unit, South Asia Region (2007)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Its Implementation & Relevance for the World Bank
Katherine Guernsey, at el., World Bank (June 2007)
Measuring Disability Prevalence
Daniel Mont, World Bank (March 2007)
Social Analysis and Disability: A Guidance Note - Incorporating Disability-Inclusive Development into Bank-Support Projects
Social Development Department, World Bank (March 2007)
The publications listed above can be viewed on the UN website
The Aid Chain: Coercion and Committment in Development NGOs
By Tina Wallace, Lisa Bornstein and Jennifer Chapman
A Health Handbook for Women With Disabilities
By Jane Maxwell, Julia Watts Belser and Darlena David (published by the Hesperian, Berkley , California , USA)
Young Voices on the UN Convention on the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
Authors: Jabulani Ncube and Peter Macfadyen, published by Leonard Cheshire Disability (click here for a pdf (538KB) version)
Links to useful research documents and organisations:
People with Intellectual Disabilities - Opening Pathways to Training and Employment in the African Region by the International Labour Office (ILO)
Disability Rights Advocacy: an advocacy manual for disability rights activists (315KB) by Wamundila Waliuya supported by Action on Disability and Development- Zambia Programme (click here for a Microsoft Word (215KB) version)
Disability and Displacement - Forced Migration Review, Issue 35 by Oxford Department of International Development Studies.
Promoting sexual and reproductive health for persons with disabilities by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Population Fund (UNPF).
Commonwealth Health Ministers' Update 2010 by the Commonwealth Secretariat
A handbook on best practice regarding HIV and AIDS for people with disabilities by VSO and Liverpool VTC, Care and Treatment
Disability and HIV policy brief by the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Guidelines on identifying jobs for Persons with Disabilities by the International Labour Office (ILO).
Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities by UNICEF.
A Human Rights Approach to Education by UNICEF
Disability Rights Toolkit by the International Paralympic Commitee (IPC) and Rehabilitation International
Directory of Social Change
www.dsc.org.uk/Home
Directory of Social Change (DSC) aims to be an internationally recognised independent source of information and support to voluntary and community sectors worldwide. We enable the community and voluntary sectors to achieve their aims through being an independent voice, providing training and information.
Disability Kar
www.disabilitykar.net
The Knowledge and Research website brings together all the findings, research papers and activities from the Disability Knowledge and Research programme 2003 - 2005.
Disabled Peoples' International
www.dpi.org
Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) is a network of national organisations or assemblies of disabled people, established to promote human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalisation of opportunity and development.
Disabled Peoples' International Asia-Pacific
www.dpiap.org
Disabled People’s International (DPI) is a world cross-disability, self-help, human rights organizations of persons with disabilities established in 1981. We have been promoting full-participation and equalization of opportunity of persons with disabilities by delivering "A voice of our own." We hold special consultative status for the United Nations and have collaborated with many other international agencies as well. Disabled People’s International Asia-Pacific Region has been playing an important role in the disability movement of Asia-Pacific Region.
Global Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
www.entrepreneurswithdisabilities.org/
The Global Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities is committed to the endeavour of becoming the foremost global resource to which business owners and entrepreneurs as well as potential business owners with disability can turn at any stage of their business journey.
The African Decade
www.secretariat.disabilityafrica.org
The African Decade is a 10 year period, 1999-2009, declared by the African Union to mainstream and integrate disability issues across all sectors of governments and within all development aid programs to benefit Africa.
UK's Disabled People's Council
www.ukdpc.net
Formerly The British Council of Disabled People, is the UK's national organisation of the worldwide disabled people's movement.
VSO
www.vso.org.uk
VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers. We have almost 2,000 skilled professionals currently working in over 40 countries.