Our team has been busy in the past two weeks as the world celebrated the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3 and Human Rights Day on December 10.
Visit our site to check our coverage. We published five articles (one in Indonesian) on disability issues and three articles on human rights. Half of these articles are based on research.
Thushara Dibley of University of Sydney and Antoni Tsaputra of University of New South Wales share their research on the implementation of the new Disability Law. They interviewed disability activists in three islands in Indonesia and found that policymakers were still reluctant in implementing the law.
Another interesting research is written by Pradytia Putri Pertiwi of the University of Sydney. Based on her findings, she recommends three strategies to encourage people with disabilities to take a lead in disaster response.
This is our last newsletter in 2019. We will see you again next year.
Happy holidays!
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Top articles
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Thushara Dibley, University of Sydney; Antoni Tsaputra, UNSW
Our 2018 research on the implementation of the new disability law shows that policymakers are still reluctant to implement the law.
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Pradytia Putri Pertiwi, University of Sydney
Encouraging people with disabilities to lead in the emergency response is vital if we want to prevent more people becoming disabled, or dying, as a result of disaster.
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Luthfi T. Dzulfikar, The Conversation
Despite laws that prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities, very few universities in Indonesia have dedicated units that provide special needs services.
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Dina Afrianty, La Trobe University; Slamet Tohari, Universitas Brawijaya
Involving people with disabilities in developing knowledge and policy on disability will significantly help reduce interest bias and untangle the complexity of disability.
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In English
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Silvia Irawan, Yayasan Inobu
The Indonesian government has been distributing funds for village development. In 2019, the money can also be used for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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From around the world
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Veronika Koller, Lancaster University
One side wants to 'get Brexit done' while the other shouts the 'NHS is not for sale!'. What does it all really mean?
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Paula Keaveney, Edge Hill University
Citizens are voting in 650 constituencies – but technically not for who they want to be prime minister.
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