06 April 2020

Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Bangladesh: COVID-19 Response Flaws Put Older Rohingya Refugees in Imminent Danger (Amnesty International, April 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

"In Venezuela, the Elderly are the Invisible Victims," The New Humanitarian, 25 Feb. 2020 [text]

This is What It is Like to Live with a Disability When You’re Displaced (UNHCR, Dec. 2019) [text]

Reports:

Aid Out of Reach: A Review of the Access to Humanitarian Aid for Women and Men, Girls and Boys with Disabilities Affected by Cyclone Idai, Mozambique (UNICEF, Oct. 2019; posted March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related policy paper.

Migration & Disability: A View from Intersectionality (COAMEX, 2019) [text via OHCHR]
- Focuses on Mexico and Central America.

The Power of Inclusion: Mapping the Protection Responses for Persons with Disabilities Among Refugees in the Middle East and North Africa Region (UNHCR, Nov. 2019; posted Feb. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR’s Approach to Persons with Disabilities in Displacement (UNHCR, Nov. 2019) [text]

Related post:
Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities (11 Dec. 2019)


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