Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Disabled Persons
Education
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Justice
Media
Minority Rights
Women/gender Equality
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Millennium Development Goals
Violence against women
Women in power and decision-making
Social Development:
Disabled persons
Indigenous issues
Poverty
Social policy
Statistics:
Disability Statistics
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Education
Gender equality
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
- Portugal
- Argentina
- Croatia
- Philippines
- Canada
- India
- South Africa
- Sweden
- Thailand
- Australia
- Serbia
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- Cameroon
- Rwanda
- New Zealand
- Kenya
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established (YYYY): |
2002 |
| Organizational structure: |
DRPI is co-directed by Bengt Lindqvist, Sweden (UN Special Rapporteur on Disability (1994-2002) and Marcia Rioux, Canada. It has a 16 member international Advisory Committee. The DRPI Coordinating Centre is based at York University in Toronto, Canada and there are regional centres in Argentina, Rwanda, Serbia and Thailand. |
| Number and type of members: |
DRPI is not a membership-based organization. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
DRPI works cooperatively with local NGOs in all of its country projects. It has formal Memoranda of Understanding with three international disabled peoples organizations: DPI, RI & WNUSP |
| Funding structure: |
- Donations and grants from domestic sources
- Foreign and international grants
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