All humans have equal rights. How can we discover how to work together to make our world, including our technology based and virtual/ internet based world, fully inclusive? The reality is that technology-based communications and communities offer us both benefits and challenges when it comes to equality... just like the rest of our society. There's so much to be done! Why not contribute to the dialogue? To recommend topics or links, please email 4EqualRights@att.net
Thursday, December 6, 2012
You're voice can count... internationally
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is now on the US Senate floor (http://www.usicd.org/template/index.cfm) to see if the US will ratify this important treaty. Originally adopted by the UN in December 2006, the CRPD was signed by 153 countries (including the US, which signed in July 2008) by April 2012.
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