Achieving disability equality: empowering disabled people to take the lead
Achieving disability equality calls for transformative changes to society’s structures and norms. Recognizing the central role of disabled people and their organizations in this restructuring, and the call of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) for their full inclusion i...
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ftssoar:oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/57048 2023-05-15T16:51:14+02:00 Achieving disability equality: empowering disabled people to take the lead Löve, Laufey Traustadóttir, Rannveig Rice, James Gordon 2018-05-03T06:57:44Z https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/57048 https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/1180 https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v6i1.1180 unknown MISC 2183-2803 https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/57048 https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/1180 https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v6i1.1180 Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 CC-BY Social Inclusion 6 1 1-8 Disability equality: in theory and practice Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste Politikwissenschaft Recht Social problems and services Political science Law soziale Probleme politische Willensbildung politische Soziologie politische Kultur Social Problems Political Process Elections Political Sociology Political Culture Gleichstellung Behinderter Menschenrechte Politik Mitwirkung politische Entscheidung Organisationen Institution sozialer Wandel affirmative action handicapped human rights politics contribution political decision organizations social change Zeitschriftenartikel journal article 2018 ftssoar https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v6i1.1180 2022-12-13T22:03:33Z Achieving disability equality calls for transformative changes to society’s structures and norms. Recognizing the central role of disabled people and their organizations in this restructuring, and the call of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) for their full inclusion in all legal and policy decisions relating to their rights, this article focuses on how disability groups and organizations regard their ability to effect changes in line with the CRPD. The article draws on qualitative interviews with leaders of disability organizations and activist groups in Iceland in 2016 and 2017. The findings reflect frustration among the leaders with what they perceive to be a lack of sustained progress in the decade since the country signed the CRPD. In their view, this period has been characterized by a lack of meaningful involvement of disabled people in policymaking, and a lack of political will and interest in disability affairs, which has resulted in stagnation. As a result, leaders of disabled people’s organizations have begun to change their strategies and are taking steps to redefine their approaches, and reframe the issues and dialogue with authorities in a more progressive manner, demanding to have more say in the process of change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository Wandel ENVELOPE(-64.000,-64.000,-65.083,-65.083) Social Inclusion 6 1 1 8 |
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Achieving disability equality calls for transformative changes to society’s structures and norms. Recognizing the central role of disabled people and their organizations in this restructuring, and the call of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) for their full inclusion in all legal and policy decisions relating to their rights, this article focuses on how disability groups and organizations regard their ability to effect changes in line with the CRPD. The article draws on qualitative interviews with leaders of disability organizations and activist groups in Iceland in 2016 and 2017. The findings reflect frustration among the leaders with what they perceive to be a lack of sustained progress in the decade since the country signed the CRPD. In their view, this period has been characterized by a lack of meaningful involvement of disabled people in policymaking, and a lack of political will and interest in disability affairs, which has resulted in stagnation. As a result, leaders of disabled people’s organizations have begun to change their strategies and are taking steps to redefine their approaches, and reframe the issues and dialogue with authorities in a more progressive manner, demanding to have more say in the process of change. |
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Achieving disability equality: empowering disabled people to take the lead |
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