We need to change the mindset on disability
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Written by JOSEPH MALINGA
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On August 29, the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (Nudipu), organised a public lecture on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) with the theme: ‘CRPD in a developing country; opportunities and challenges for domestication.’
The event was aimed at familiarising stakeholders with the international legal instrument so as to enhance their capacities to domesticate the legal framework that government of Uganda signed in September 2008.
It was also meant to lobby stakeholders to support efforts towards the domestication processes.
As one of the organisers of the event, I noticed both how little is known about disability issues and how much goodwill there is towards the issues.
Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire discussed the main presentation by Law Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum, from the University of Sydney, the vice-chairperson of the United Nations committee of experts on Disability.
As soon as Otafiire took to the podium, he picked issue with the hotel’s failure to provide the visually impaired professor with a microphone stand.
We need to change the mindset on disability
![Guest Writers
Written by JOSEPH MALINGA
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On August 29, the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (Nudipu), organised a public lecture on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) with the theme: ‘CRPD in a developing country; opportunities and challenges for domestication.’
The event was aimed at familiarising stakeholders with the international legal instrument so as to enhance their capacities to domesticate the legal framework that government of Uganda signed in September 2008.
It was also meant to lobby stakeholders to support efforts towards the domestication processes.
As one of the organisers of the event, I noticed both how little is known about disability issues and how much goodwill there is towards the issues.
Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire discussed the main presentation by Law Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum, from the University of Sydney, the vice-chairperson of the United Nations committee of experts on Disability.
As soon as Otafiire took to the podium, he picked issue with the hotel’s failure to provide the visually impaired professor with a microphone stand.
We need to change the mindset on disability](Guest Writers
Written by JOSEPH MALINGA
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CRPD
The event was aimed at familiarising stakeholders with the international legal instrument so as to enhance their capacities to domesticate the legal framework that government of Uganda signed in September 2008.
It was also meant to lobby stakeholders to support efforts towards the domestication processes.
As one of the organisers of the event, I noticed both how little is known about disability issues and how much goodwill there is towards the issues.
Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire discussed the main presentation by Law Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum, from the University of Sydney, the vice-chairperson of the United Nations committee of experts on Disability.
As soon as Otafiire took to the podium, he picked issue with the hotel’s failure to provide the visually impaired professor with a microphone stand.
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We need to change the mindset on disabilityGuest Writers Written by JOSEPH MALINGA [url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27913:we-need-to-change-the-mindset-on-disability&catid=37:guest-writers&Itemid=66] http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27913:we-need-to-change-the-mindset-on-disability&catid=37:guest-writers&Itemid=66[/url] On August 29, the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (Nudipu), organised a public lecture on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) with the theme: ‘CRPD in a developing country; opportunities and challenges for domestication.’ The event was aimed at familiarising stakeholders with the international legal instrument so as to enhance their capacities to domesticate the legal framework that government of Uganda signed in September 2008. It was also meant to lobby stakeholders to support efforts towards the domestication processes. As one of the organisers of the event, I noticed both how little is known about disability issues and how much goodwill there is towards the issues. Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire discussed the main presentation by Law Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum, from the University of Sydney, the vice-chairperson of the United Nations committee of experts on Disability. As soon as Otafiire took to the podium, he picked issue with the hotel’s failure to provide the visually impaired professor with a microphone stand. We need to change the mindset on disability