Events

Making Deinstitutionalization Real: Moving from the Idea toward the Ideal

United Nations Headquarters New York City, United States

  Side Event at the 10th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities    Developing real strategies for people with intellectual and psychosocial disability to have the opportunity to live full, rich, meaningful lives remains a daunting task. Governments and private organizations continue to congregate […]

Giving Tuesday

Share the possibities this #GivingTuesday and support children at the Unitate Community Center in Moldova! November 28, 2017 is #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving to make the world a better place. This #GivingTuesday, Keystone Human Services International is raising money to support our Unitate Community Center in Tudora in the Republic of Moldova. […]

Who Gets a Seat at the Table?—When “All” Means Only Some Perspectives from the Global South and Global North

United Nations Headquarters New York City, United States

In partnership with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations Behind the promise of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) lies the assumption that human societies function best when everyone participates. Nevertheless, some deeply marginalized groups are being left out of efforts to fully implement the commitments […]

Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Institutions: Lived Experiences and Ways to Achieve Deinstitutionalization

United Nations Headquarters New York City, United States

“In the institution, I was humiliated and ignored. In the community, I'm treated with respect and dignity," said Diana Zgherea, an advocate from Moldova. "People with disabilities must collaborate with civil society organizations to advocate for deinstitutionalization. People with intellectual disabilities have the right to live independently and be included in the community. We are […]