In February 2015, pilot education workshops were held in Auckland and Wellington to teach disability support services staff and disabled people more about the human rights framework and the Disability Convention.
Using the Disability Convention for advocacy purposes
Support Worker Stephen…
Statistics NZ have recently launched He hauā Māori: Findings from the 2013 Disability Survey that shows that while many disabled Māori enjoy good levels of material well-being and quality of life, overall they tend to fare worse than non-disabled Māori.
“Most disabled Māori were participating…
DPA recently sent a hard hitting report to the United Nations about social protection programmes for disabled people in New Zealand.
Our Chief Executive Rachel Noble urges people to read the report, written by Dr Heather Barnett, saying “The report provides an excellent way to understand…
Disabled people still experience serious barriers that prevent them from fully participating in society and feeling accepted, according to two new reports just released.
Based on interviews with disabled people, the reports share examples where people feel their human rights have not been respected. …
DPA recently had a hearing before Parliament’s Health Committee about their petition to repeal the Health and Disability Amendment Act 2013.
The Act stipulates low pay for family carers, unfair exceptions of particular family members and no right of appeal to the Human Rights Commission or…
The Education for All group meet monthly and at its March meeting decided to do a joint submission to the United Nations Day of General Discussion on the right to education for persons with disabilities to be held in Geneva, 15 April.
The resulting submission recommends that the United Nations…
Our 2015 DPA forum bought the disability sector together again to look at our recent progress and explore new ways of thinking using the conference theme of 'I am Able'.
Over 100 people came to the forum. They included government officials, regional and national members of DPA, representatives…
The New Zealand Law Foundation has given more funding to Acclaim Otago, an advocacy group for people who are disabled due to injury.
Acclaim Otago will use the funding to research the barriers people face trying to challenge ACC decisions. Part of the research is an online survey , which is available…
If you’re interested in international disability news, these websites may be for you.
Disabled People's International and the International Disability Alliance are international disability organisations. Both organisations advocate on behalf of people with disabilities, and aim…
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published a paper on their concluding observations on New Zealand’s examination. You can read the report by going here.
The examination looked at the progress New Zealand is making to implement the United Nations Convention…