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Disability and disasters : towards an inclusive approach
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KETT, Martha; TWIGG, John |
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World Disaster Report 2007 : focus on discrimination /ICRC
Geneva: International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent (ICRC), 2007, pp 86-111, ill.
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This chapter explores why people with disabilities are often ignored or excluded at all levels of disaster preparedness, mitigation and intervention, and the mechanisms now in place to redress this, including the recent UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and what they are doing to make themselves more resilient to disasters
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| Keywords |
DISABILITY & DEVELOPMENT / Disability in Society /
disaster management / disasters / policy / empowerment / legislation / interventions
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| Language |
English; French; Spanish; Arabic
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| Type of material |
Chapter
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| ISBN |
9291391263 |
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free online |
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Administration Department, Case Postale 372, CH-1211 Geneva 19
Switzerland
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E-mail:
jeanine.guidera@ifrc.org
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Website:
http://www.ifrc.org
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| Full text on the web |
http://www.ifrc.org/Global/Publications/disasters/WDR/
WDR2007-English.pdf[English]
http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/pubs/disasters/wdr2007/
WDR2007summary-FR-4.pdf
http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/pubs/disasters/wdr2007/
WDR2007summary-SP-LR-4.pdf
http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/pubs/disasters/wdr2007/WDR2007-AR-
LR.pdf
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