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Disability in the press: How disability and people with disabilities are depicted in print media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia in 2006
In the frame of the Disability Monitor Initiative, this discussion paper attempts to look at major trends in disability reporting in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia in order to facilitate debate between disability advocates and media professionals in finding the best ways to work together to change media coverage on disability shifting from negative portrayals that stigmatize people with disabilities to reporting that normalizes disability issues in a positive way.
A regional workshop was held in 2007 to discuss the findings of the report with DPO activists and media practitioners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo under UNSCR 1244. During the workshop good and bad examples of disability reporting were shared and a toolkit for journalists was disseminated with tips and ideas for incorporating disability into the media in a respectful way.
Throughout 2008, local workshops will be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and UN administered province of Kosovo gathering DPO activists and media professionals to use the discussion paper as a starting point for finding ways to work together. The goal is twofold: to raise awareness of media professionals on disability from a human rights perspective and to understand how disability advocates can work more effectively with the media to get their message across. Besides sharing necessary skills and knowledge, the organisers hope to create a platform for discussion and networking among DPO activists and media practitioners working in South East Europe. The workshops are being organized in cooperation with local partners in the region and with representatives of organizations of people with disabilities that are working on media as a tool for advocacy.
The discussion paper is available in English and Serbian. An Albanian version will be available shortly. The paper is available to be downloaded here in PDF and Word formats.
English .doc | English .pdf | Srpski .doc | Srpski .pdf
Regional
promotion of the DMI report:
Free Movement of People with Disabilities in South East
Europe: An Inaccessible Right?
During April, May and June 2007 workshops were held in Tirana, Skopje, Belgrade and Sarajevo to present the DMI report 'Free movement of people with disabilities in South East Europe: an Inaccessible Right?'. The Podgorica promotion of the report is planned for June 26, while the one in Pristina will be held in Septembre 2007
The dissemination workshops gathered stakeholders from civil society, government, as well as professionals who are involved in building and planning within the built environment. This is an opportunity for the different actors to discuss, from their perspectives, the progress that has been made in the past five years and the positive developments that have taken place. In addition, this was a chance to define the challenges that remain and the steps needed to create a barrier free environment where people with disabilities can move freely. The promotions/workshops also presented a chance for each actor to share how they can contribute to positively changing the situation.
Presentations and recommendations from the SKOPJE workshop:
Slobodno dvizenje na licata so hendikep: Nepristapno pravo? - prezentacija izvestaja | Skopje, Faculty of Architecture: Ulogata na arhitekturata vo kreirawe na pristapna sredina | Recommendations
Presentation and recommendations from the TIRANA workshop:
Levizija e lire per Personat me Aftesi te Kufizuar: Nje dreite e paaksesueshme? DMI Presentation | Recommendations
Presentations and list of participants from the BELGRADE workshop:
Slobodno kretanje osoba sa invaliditetom u jugoistocnoj Evropi: nepristupacno pravo? Prezentacija DMI |
CIL: Vaznost usluge personalne asistancije u omogucavanju samostanosti |
CRID: Osnovni principi DIZAJNA ZA SVE |
BELI STAP: Orijentacija i mobilnost |
M. Pocuc, dipl ing: Revizija pristupacnosti | Spisak i kontakti ucesnika
In
the frame of the Disability Monitor Initiative, the Free
Movement of People with Disabilites in Southeast Europe:
An Inaccessible Right examines the prevailing policies
and ensuing practices in South East Europe and how they
impact the lives of people with disabilities given the obstacles
they face in trying to participate in community life with
the extensive barriers in the built environment. The report
also looks at good practices happening in the field throughout
the region. With
the current climate of change in the region, disability
as a human rights issue must be put on the agenda of all
decision makers.
download
the report in English |
srpski
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download
the accessible Word version in English |
srpski
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JOURNAL
3: DISABILITY STATISTICS FIGHT INVISIBILITY
The
latest issue of the DMI journal DISABILITY
STATISTICS FIGHT INVISIBILITY tackles the topic of disability
statistics in the SEE region. On the whole, lack of comprehensive
and up-to-date statistical information on disability contributes
to the exclusion of disability from the political agenda
and makes it very challenging to build effective reforms
around this issue.
download
this issue of the journal in English |
na
srpskom
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the journal in Word in English |
na srpskom|
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