- Making it Work (MIW) is a global multi-stakeholder initiative supporting the effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
- Source is an international information support center designed to strengthen the management, use and impact of information on health and disability.
- The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs, currently coordinated by Handicap International, is a coalition of thousands of people and U.S. non-governmental organizations working to convince the U.S. government to join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Our Expertise
What does living with disabilities mean?
Handicap International defines “living with disabilities” as a reduction in a person's activity and capacity to fully participate in life in society (with family and friends, in the community and in society in general.) This comes about due to a combination of:
- organ and bodily function impairment or a health problem which causes a temporary or permanent disability
- environment (being tolerated or rejected, having equal opportunities or suffering from discrimination, the accessibility or non-accessibility of accommodation, if quality services are available for all etc.)
The fight to help people living with disabilities participate in all aspects of community life must be based on the recognition of the dignity and equal rights for all human beings.
