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Lessons from mainstreaming disability in poverty reduction in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, one of the projects I worked on was a project dedicated to supporting poor people in towns and cities across Bangladesh. UPPR was dedicated to supporting three million poor people, and my work was to make sure that … Continue reading
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Filed under Bangladesh, Mainstreaming, Social Protection
What are difficulties in cash transfers for persons with disabilities? Nepal edition.
Kristie Drucza did important research in Nepal on social protection, including on the grants given to persons with disabilities. Despite the government’s good intentions in funding the disability allowance in Nepal, it remains a problematic cash transfer that can be … Continue reading
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Filed under Mainstreaming, Social Protection
Reflections on 4+ years living and working in Bangladesh
It’s hard to describe Bangladesh because some of the first things that come to mind are the things that you don’t like. It’s poor, dirty, unfair, horribly horribly unfair, and inconvenient. I’ll probably tell you about the inconvenience first, the … Continue reading
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A summary of what we know about disability and poverty reduction in Bangladesh
I’m excited to be able to share with you recommendations on including persons with disabilities in poverty reduction based on field experience in Bangladesh. After discussions and a couple of rounds of drafting, we’ve been able to produce a summary … Continue reading
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Disability is part of who I am and why I’m great at my job
Following on from a series of posts on disability in aid-work on WhyDev I wrote a response. In it I affirm positively the place my own disability has had in my work, and then, beyond this, try to explain why … Continue reading
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In the UK, are attitudes towards disabled people getting worse?
Jenny Morris, one of the stalwarts of the disability rights movements in the UK, has written an important post on the difference in attitudes towards disabled people in 1992 and 2015. Both of these are election years, and Morris compares … Continue reading
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Disability can help you make money and change family values? Recent advertisements from India
The classic way to use your disability to make money is by begging. There’s even pyramid schemes based around disability. Recently in India, big corporates are getting in on the act, using disability and cancer to help sell their products. … Continue reading
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“I have no use for sound, God made me deaf”
Beyond Silence is a short documentary made by Vidya Utlatay on the deaf community in India. Vidya writes on her website that the “film is a celebration of deafness”. Several of the people in the film say they are pretty … Continue reading
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Way more than we thought: a father, a mechanic, a disabled person and beyond
A few months ago, I’m speaking to Mosharrof on the phone. I’d never met him, but I did know him from a video: A father, a mechanic, a trainer, an entrepreneur and disabled – in that order. It’s less than … Continue reading
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Filed under Bangladesh, Case Studies, Employment
Faces of disability in Bangladesh: medicine, mushrooms and politics
All the usual suspects are here, at the disability fair. Outside I meet some NGO/charity types that I know. Walking in, a colleague in government greets me. Before long, I’m talking with some disabled people, too. Everyone’s here, for a … Continue reading
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