Human Rights Monitoring in Persons With Disabilities, With an Emphasis on Psychosocial Disability in Colombia: a Comprehensive Analysis
Fundamental Colombia
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Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI)
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This is the product of the Country Project for the Monitoring of Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Pilot Project on Psychosocial Disability, an initiative led by Fundamental Colombia, with the technical and financial support of: Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI); York University, Toronto (Canada); and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in association with the Latin American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and their Families (RIADIS).
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Acknowledgements
Many thanks to DRPI for believing in this pilot project on psychosocial disability and making the invisible visible and to SIDA for making this possible.
To Marcia Rioux in Canada and Paula Pinto in Portugal for providing the guidelines for this process, together with José Viera from Córdoba, Argentina, who provided unconditional support and adapted to our pace and needs.
To all the members of the participating organizations of persons with disabilities such as scholars and key stakeholders in the collection of information, for making this possibility come true; Emmis, Ricardo, Omar, Miguel, Alex, Luis, Jaime, Patricia, Janeth, Alirio, Sofía
To the participating persons with disabilities who reside outside of the city for their vast work in the regions, especially to Mónica Betancur and Alexandra Mejía (Medellin), Luz Dineicy Rico (Armenia), Sandra Montoya (Pereira), Genith Garrido (Choco), Luz Angela Reyes, and Henry Guarnizo (Ibague).
To the whole team of Fundamental Colombia, for their commitment and devotion to the development of this proposal, for the invaluable lessons learnt together in all the stages of the Project, for their contributions in the development of this Fundamental footprint; especially to Madyury Medina, Francy Gutiérrez, Ivonne Romero, Johanna Sánchez and Leandro Arenas.
To the Director of Fundamental Colombia, Salam Gómez, for his hard work in the coordination of the project in Colombia, for his constant collaboration and advice, and for writing this report.
And to all the persons who participated by sharing their life experiences and anecdotes, for making visible the reality faced by the persons with disabilities in Colombia.