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\n Social Workers in Kyrgyzstan Fight for Respect<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n In a country reeling from health, migration, and economic crises, the professionals who work to hold families and communities together are shockingly undervalued.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n October 15, 2015 | Saltanat Childress & Bermet Ubaidillaeva <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n \n\n \n
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\n Why Is the World Bank Excluding People with Disabilities?<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n The World Bank has failed to take into account the needs of people with disabilities in its policies related to social safeguards on investments. This is a blatant disregard of human rights and must be rectified immediately.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n September 13, 2012 | Jens Trummer <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n \n\n \n
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\n Drug Users Burned by the System in Peru<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Recent fatal fires inside two drug detention centers in Peru shine a light on abusive practices and unjust detention of people in need of medical services, including those with intellectual disabilities.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n May 12, 2012 | Daniel Wolfe & Denise Tomasini-Joshi <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n \n\n \n
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\n The Value of Freedom<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n A self-advocacy group for people with mental disabilities in Kyrgyzstan offers hope within a society that typically stigmatizes them.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n December 19, 2011 | Zulaika Esentaeva <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n \n\n \n
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\n Hungary\u2019s Invisible People<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n A new documentary film by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union offers a clear and moving message of why societies should not lock up people with intellectual disabilities. \n <\/p>\n\n

\n August 22, 2011 | Judith Klein <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n \n\n \n
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\n The Other Side of \u201cKenya\u2019s Terrible Secret\u201d<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Why does the media focus only on the misery of people with mental disabilities? Would it be too boring to find out that there are real, cost-effective solutions being implemented right now in Kenya?\n <\/p>\n\n

\n March 1, 2011 | Judith Klein <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n \n\n \n
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\n Time for Leadership in Hungary<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n As it takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Union, Hungary intends to spend millions of euros to invest in archaic institutions that segregate people with disabilities away from mainstream society.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n January 13, 2011 | Judith Klein <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n \n\n \n
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\n Where There's Real Political Will, There's Real Inclusion<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Funding from wealthy nations can greatly improve child welfare in poorer countries, but it will require political commitment from government leaders.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n October 24, 2010 | Judith Klein <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/a>\n \n","next_page":"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/voices\/topics\/mental-health-and-rights\/more-voices?page=3"}