The care system bill submitted to lawmakers by the government of Mexico City fails to guarantee autonomy, equality, and protection from abuse for people with disabilities and older people.

GENEVA (AP) — A team of human rights experts has faulted the world’s nations for not doing more to ensure minimum protections of people with disabilities in Gaza, whose numbers have been growing since ...

The City Hall led by Mayor Rocío Adame Muñoz of Rosarito hosted the conference “Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities” through the Disability Commission of Playas de Rosarito for cabinet members ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the “Committee”) in advance of its upcoming public session on the situation of ...

Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have united in opposition to attempts to legalise assisted suicide, after months of ...

Alberto was born in Portugal, but moved with his parents to the United States before his second birthday. In time, he received his green card, becoming a legal permanent resident. But Alberto was ...

When Tim Giarrusso took over as CEO of Human Technologies in 2015, the organization paid about 35 of its more than 300 employees less than federal minimum wage – legally. The New York-based nonprofit, ...

The UK government’s recent announcement of a £6 billion reduction in welfare spending has sparked significant concern, ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Seven years ago, while sitting in my eighth-floor apartment with my toddler, I heard a voice over the intercom: Our building had a gas leak, and we needed to ...

A new branch of Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) has been set up in Oxfordshire. The organisation was formed in 2010 in Birmingham in response to the then government’s austerity cuts and the impact ...

DODOMA: A SPECIAL Seats Member of Parliament, Stella Ikupa has called on the private sector to continue supporting people ...