HUMAN RIGHTS. YES! Action and Advocacy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2nd Ed. CONTRIBUTORS |
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Nancy Flowers is a writer, editor, and human rights activist. She has worked to develop Amnesty International USAʼs education program and was a co-founder of Human Rights USA. Recent publications include Compasito, a Manual for Childrenʼs Human Rights Education (Council of Europe, 2007) and Local Action/Global Change: Learning about the Human Rights of Women and Girls, (Paradigm Press, 2007). She has served as a consultant to governments, NGOs, and UN agencies, and edits the University of Minnesota Human Rights Centerʼs Human Rights Education Series. |
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Janet Lord is a Partner in the international law and development firm BlueLaw LLP and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Maryland School of Law. A human rights educator with more than ten years of experience, Ms. Lord has designed and delivered human rights education programs in all regions of the world, most recently in Yemen, Egypt, and Liberia. She participated in all sessions of the negotiation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, drafting proposed treaty text and advising civil society and governments alike on complex legal and technical matters. A leading expert on international human rights law and disability, Ms. Lord has implemented human rights programming for a number of national and international organizations, including the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNDP, UN DESA, the US National Council on Disability, Disabled Peoples International, and IFES. Allison deFranco is a disability rights lawyer who directs projects in BlueLawʼs Human Rights and Inclusive Development practice. She has served as an inclusive education and disability access specialist on various education, democracy and governance programs funded by the U.S. government, AUSaid, the World Bank and private foundations. Ms. deFranco is a skilled trainer and facilitator and has designed and implemented a variety of advocacy-oriented human rights evaluations, assessments and trainings both domestically and internationally. |
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The University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, through its Human Rights Education programme, works to create and distribute human rights education materials via electronic and print media, to train activists, professionals, and students as human rights advocates; and to build advocacy networks to encourage effective practices in human rights education. |
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Joelle Balfe is an independent consultant with an extensive practice area that includes disability issues, international public health, and human rights law and policy. She has developed human rights education curricula and materials for a range of non-governmental organizations and spearheaded national and international advocacy campaign initiatives. Ms. Balfe provided core analytical and advocacy support to both governments and civil society participants in the development of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Her diverse consulting practice provides analytical, communications, advocacy, and writing services to individuals, organizations, and institutions in the public and private sectors. |
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Advocating Change Together (ACT) is a grassroots disability rights organization run by and for people with developmental and other disabilities. |
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