Disability and Unpaid Care Work: #BalanceforBetter Means Doing Things Differently At Home
March 8, 2019
Disability and Unpaid Care Work: #BalanceforBetter Means Doing Things Differently At Home....
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Lives Restored Magazine – Summer 2019
January 10, 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The stories in this latest Lives Restored magazine show how your love in action is overcoming the double disadvantage of poverty and disability in people’s lives.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1531353739816{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text][3d-flip-book mode="fullscreen" urlparam="fb3d-page" pdf="https://www.cbm.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CBM-Australia-LIVES-RESTORED-Summer-2019.pdf"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1530492773615{margin-top: 30px !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]If you would like to download the magazine, please click on the download button.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][edgtf_button size="" type="" target="_blank"...
New surveys in Ethiopia show our impact!
November 26, 2018
We have recently conducted surveys in Ethiopia that show how our work is breaking down the barriers to inclusion and demonstrating our impact. CBM has been working to change the lives of people with disabilities in Ethiopia many years. We have a good model of Community Based Inclusive Development that works to identify people with disabilities and...
Khaleda: Defying Expectations in Bangladesh
November 26, 2018
Khaleda is a strong and powerful advocate who has overcome many barriers in her life. One of the biggest barriers she has faced is the negative attitudes of others. Growing up in Bangladesh, Khaleda contracted typhoid as a young girl. Due to a lack of health services in the area, Khaleda was not treated for her...
Shirley: facing everyday underestimation in Vanuatu
November 26, 2018
People with disabilities often experience negative attitudes and beliefs around their skills and capabilities and are frequently underestimated. This has been the case for Shirley, a motivated 24-year-old woman, mother, advocate for disability inclusion in Vanuatu and a person with a disability. When Shirley was 9 years old she had an accident at home that led...
How people with disabilities can work in a challenging environment
November 5, 2018
Sabene Gomes, a CBM Program Coordinator, invites her readers into her discoveries from a recent trip to North-East India where she spent time understanding how people with disabilities can work in a challenging environment and be empowered to live to their fullest potential. It was my first visit to Bihar. The state in the past has been...
Partnering with Disabled People’s Organisations to achieve an inclusive world
November 5, 2018
Kathryn James, Disability Inclusion Technical Advisor, discussed CBM’s partnerships with Disabled People’s Organisations to achieve an inclusive world. “Nothing about us, without us” is the rallying cry of the disability movement. It means that for any decision, policy or activity affecting them, people with disabilities must be fully included and involved. This recognises that for too long,...
World Sight Day | eNews
October 3, 2018
Today, we’re celebrating World Sight Day and the incredible part you play in restoring sight and helping those with vision impairment be included in their families and communities....
Working in partnership for a disability inclusive world: introducing CBM’s advisory work
September 25, 2018
Gemma Muir, Advocacy and Communications Officer for Inclusive Development explains CBM’s advisory work. In an easy-to-understand article, she unpacks CBM’s approach to enabling others to tackle the barriers that stand in the way of an inclusive world. At CBM Australia we have a vision for an inclusive world where all people with disabilities enjoy their human...
Empowering people with disabilities to access their human rights
September 25, 2018
Isabella Rigg, Program Officer at CBM Australia writes about a CBM partner organisation in Vietnam that is empowering people with disabilities to become leaders and advocates for their rights. “Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status....