Today Claire McFarlane, Human Rights Defender and sexual violence expert will explaining how sexual violence affects the disability community. She runs an organisation called “Footsteps to Inspire“ which aims to raise awareness about sexual violence with disability being a major area of focus. Claire is originally from my home state of Queensland in northern Australia but was raised in Johannesburg South Africa. She has previously worked Disability Services Queensland, British Blind Sports in the UK and she has also coached a rowing team for athletes with psychological  disabilities. Euronews also featured her as part of their Women Beyond Borders series. 

Support the various organisations that Clare has worked for using the links below: Queensland Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Queensland Australia:   https://www.dsdsatsip.qld.gov.au/department-seniors-disability-services-aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-partnerships

British Blind Sport: https://britishblindsport.org.uk/ Please support her organisation Footsteps to Inspire: https://www.footstepstoinspire.org/about Please support Global Run (Which she hosts): https://ftiglobalrun2021.eventbrite.com.au Claire gave a presentation at Campus des Nations (the same school I gave my presentation at) on the 21 March. Watch her interview with NationsVoice (the same school publication that Interviewed me. https://youtu.be/kD1HS4Z44GA Watch the Women Beyond Borders episode about Claire by Euronews: https://youtu.be/hqlDaz-hqt0 Support Ateliet Für Alle: https://www.atelierfuralle.org Please leave a review on ITunes Please contact Clare if you or someone close you know has been or may be a potential victim of sexual violence: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footstepstoinspire 

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/footstepstoinspire/

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Have you ever wondered how attending high school and university and being a scout with a disability offers you a different perspective on life and it's challenges?

Join me and my friend Alex Snow as we discuss just that.

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Today we’re joined by Mert Akyim, Founder of the International School of Geneva’s Student Anti Discrimination, We’ll be learning about in his home country of Turkey which recently elected it‘s first mayor with a disability and the history of the student anti discrimination committee and it’s future. Hopefully this episode will encourage other students in other schools to take up similar projects.

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Learn more about the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:

https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/crpd/pages/crpdindex.aspx

Learn more about the 1998 UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders:

 https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/srhrdefenders/pages/declaration.aspx

Learn more about Turan Hancerli, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and their ideals:

Turan Hancerli:

https://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2019/05/22/turkeys-first-mayor-with-disability-aims-to-improve-lives-of-persons-with-disabilities/

Mustafa Kemal Atatür:

https://www.ktb.gov.tr/EN-103908/biography-of-ataturk.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kemal-Ataturk

View the presentation I gave at Campus des Nations on 12 May (unfortunately it was not recorded):

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jvyjqq8ZO6fT-0D99sXq6owc3u_pepjYHvcwc7oyaE4/edit#slide=id.p

If you would like to ask Mert any questions regarding the Student Anti Discrimination Committee:

[email protected]

If you have any questions for me regarding this show:

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Heute interviewe ich meine Deutschlehrerin der 12. Klasse, die ursprünglich aus München stammt, darüber, was sie im Unterrichten von Schülern mit Behinderung gelernt hat und was sie zu Behindertenrechten in Deutschland hält.

Erfahren Sie hier mehr über Atelier Für All:

https://sites.google.com/d/1Hb_fxHMsQe1Vm8Z6OgmNK3fy8Ug01jSG/p/1GIMSR2yY-9WLlQDO-ezWy4OnnWBQdwUK/edit

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Haben Sie sich jemals gefragt, was das Positive an einer Behinderung ist? Von der Fähigkeit, ein höheres Maß an Empathie zu zeigen, bis hin zu der Möglichkeit, die Welt aus einer anderen Perspektive zu sehen, hier sind einige der positiven Gründe, die ich mir für eine Behinderung ausgedacht habe.

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 how can disability act as a unifying banner in the fight against racial injustice? Lets find out.

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Today my good friend Francesca Casalino and I will explain how we became passionate disability rights defenders.  We’ll also be talking about how the disability community can have a greater voice on the geopolitical stage in a post-Covid world.

Francesca is originally from the eternal city of Rome but nowadays lives in the human rights capital of Geneva and works with a Geneva based organization called All special kids which helps children with disabilities. 

Learn about All Special Kids here: 

https://allspecialkids.org/

Die Commonwealth Games sind offiziell der erste internationale Multisportwettbewerb, bei dem behinderte Sportler vollständig in den Mainstream-Wettbewerb integriert werden. Heute erfahren wir, wie sie es gemacht haben. 

Erfahren Sie hier mehr über die Commonwealth-Games: 

https://thecgf.com/