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Change things for people with MS in your country

ayesha

Posted on March 18th, 2013

This is your opportunity to change things for people with MS in your country. On 23 September 2013 the United Nations General Assembly will meet with NGOs and civil society at a high level meeting on disability and development in New York.   The Millennium Development Goals, which aimed to address international development issues such as education, gender equality, hunger and maternal health are due to be achieved by 2015. Although more than 10% of the global population, and more than 20% of the world’s poorest people have a disability, disability was not referred to anywhere in the MDGs, targets or indicators. The disability rights lobby has been working to ensure that disability is not forgotten when the MDGs are renewed or replaced in…

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Tagged: Disability rights, International Development, MDGs, united nations

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MSIF petition delivered to High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva

ayesha

Posted on December 2nd, 2011

Our petition, signed by 23,987 people from 143 countries, calling on employers and decision makers to protect the rights of people with MS in finding and staying in work, has been delivered to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.   Many thanks to the more than 23,900 people who signed our petition, which called on employers and decision makers to improve the lives of people with MS on the International Day for Persons with Disabilities.   The petition, which was launched by MSIF and its member organisations worldwide as part of the World MS Day campaign, was delivered to Ms. Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, on 2 December 2011, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the International…

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Tagged: 2011, awareness raising, campaign for access to appropriate work, Employment, geneva, high commissioner for Human rights, Human rights, multiple sclerosis, petition, raising awareness, UN, united nations, World MS Day

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With your support, we did it!

ayesha

Posted on December 2nd, 2011

We are delighted to say that we have reached our target of more than 20,000 signatures on the World MS Day Campaign for access to appropriate employment petition! 23,987 people signed the petition which will be delivered to the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva today. Stay tuned for more information about this meeting. For now I will leave you with a big thank you! Tweet This Post Share on Facebook

Categories: World MS Day 2011, World MS Day petition

Tagged: 2011, access to work, awareness raising, campaign for access to appropriate work, Employment, geneva, high commissioner for Human rights, Human rights, multiple sclerosis, petition, raising awareness, UN, united nations, World MS Day

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