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Inclusive Education and Children with Disabilities: Quality Education for All in Low and Middle income Countries

Wapling, L. Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2016)

A systematic literature review of education systems in low-and middle income countries commissioned by CBM

Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook

Steve Broach, Luke Clements and Janet Read (2016) C1

Disabled children: a legal handbook is an authoritative yet accessible guide to the legal rights of disabled children and their families in England and Wales. The handbook aims to empower disabled ... more

Protecting the Rights of the Child in Humanitarian Situations Submission by UNICEF to the OHCHR Report

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2017) C1

In its resolution 34/16, the Human Rights Council decided to focus its next full-day meeting on “Protecting the rights of the child in humanitari... more

Educational equity for individuals with disabilities

Libby Cohen Commonwealth Education Partnerships (2009) C2

Education for respect and understanding – inclusion and equity

Mapping Children on the Move
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African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Children ACERWC GIZ; Save the Children; EU (2018) CC

In reviewing State Parties report on the implementation of the Charter, the Committee has identified children on the move as an emerging child protection issue in African, and therefore commissioned a... more

Health promotion for Latin Americans with intellectual disabilities

G.C Frey, and V. A Temple (2008) CC

salud pública de méxico / vol. 50, suplemento 2 de 2008, pp.167-177. In response to the emerging global concern regarding health and people with intellectual disabilities (ID), several developed countries have established national initiatives to address the unique health needs of this population ... more

Articulo 12. El derecho a la Salud

CODEVIDA, Coalición de Organizaciones por el Derecho a la Salud y a la Vida; PROVEA , Programa Venezolano de Educación - Acción en Derechos Humanos (2015) C1

Informe Conjunto de Organizaciones de Defensa del Derecho a la Salud al Comité de Derechos Económicos y Sociales de las Naciones Unidas, con motivo del Examen del 3er Informe Periódico del Estado Venezolano en el Período de Sesión 55° del Pact... more

RWANDA VISION 2020 Revised 2012

Republic of Rwanda (2012) C2

The Vision 2020 is a reflection of our aspiration and determination as Rwandans, to construct a united, democratic and inclusive Rwandan identity, ... more

Positive health, dignity and prevention for women and their babies. Facilitator’s manual

Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) (2018) C1

A treatment literacy guide for pregnant women and mothers living with HIV
Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention for Women and their Babies is intended for use by networks of women living with HIV, women’s groups, peer educators and o... more

Are persons with disabilities included in the effort to leave no-one behind? Mapping disability data in development in Asia and the Pacific

United Nations Population Fund UNFPA (2022) C1

In the region, it is estimated that there are over 650 million persons with disabilities. However, without accurate, timely and disaggregated data, countries are unable to develop effective policies and programmes, monitor the wellbeing of persons with disabilities and evaluate the equity and impact... more

A handbook on mainstreaming disability

D. Jones and Li Webster VSO UK; VSO Indonesia; Cordaid (2006) CC

This handbook aims to give practical guidance to support development organisations to mainstream disability into their work. It is primarily intended for VSO programmes, but could be useful to other development actors interested in mainstreaming disability, such ... NGOs, government and donors more

A People’s Vaccine for Refugees: Ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugees and other displaced people

Oxfam (2021) C1

For most people in displacement contexts, there are simply not enough vaccines available in the places where they are hosted: 85% of refugees are hosted in lower- and middle-income countries, while in the first six months of this year 85% of vaccines went to wealthy countries; lower- and middle inco... more

Joint Operational Framework Health and Protection

Protection Cluster; UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2023) C1

Each humanitarian setting provides distinct opportunities and challenges for actors to coordinate and collaborate at strategic and operational levels. The Health and Protection Joint Operational Framework has been developed to ensure that the health and protection response during humanitarian emerge... more

Guidance on Law and Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2023) CC

The domestic regulation of public health emergencies (PHEs) is inextricably linked to the regulation of other types of disaster. PHEs are usually governed at least partly by general disaster and emergency laws. Moreover, there is significant overlap in the legal mechanisms used to respond to PHEs an... more

Disability Considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO

In March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be a pandemic, due to the speed and scale of transmission. WHO and public health... more

Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health (13 May 2020)

United Nations (2020) CC

Although the COVID-19 crisis is, in the first instance, a physical health crisis, it has the seeds of a major mental health crisis as well, if acti... more

Orientaciones y módulos técnicos sobre los servicios comunitarios de salud mental: promover los enfoques centrados en las personas y basados en los derechos: resumen

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO

El documento WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoción de enfoques centrados en la persona y basados en los derechos humanos forma parte del conjunto de publicaciones de la OMS Orientación y paquetes técnicos sobre servicios comunitarios de salud mental. Ofrece una descripción ... more

Driving migrant inclusion through social innovation: Lessons for cities in a pandemic

Patuzzi; l. Migration Policy Institute (2020) C1

The rapid arrival of millions of asylum seekers and migrants in Europe in 2015–16 forced cities both large and small to rethink their approach to immigrant inclusion.

How Covid-19 is changing the world: a statistical perspective

UN DESA (2020) CC

COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Everything has been impacted. How we live and interact with each other, how we work and communicate, how we move around and travel. Every aspect of our lives has been affected.